Application of Simulation and Modeling to Army Training Management

Simulation models to aid the training manager may be developed at three levels of increasing generality: task performance models, task training models, and training system models. The more general models encompass more variables, and hence, are more useful to the training manager. The bulk of research in this area has concentrated on task performance models, and within this framework, has studied skill retention. The findings of this research must be integrated with system cost and utility information to produce a training system model. Development of such a model can provide an essential set of tools to be incorporated into a decision support system for training management.