Sally J. Model effectiveness as a function of personnel (ME = f(PER))

Army Concepts Analysis Agency, Bethesda, MD, 1986. — 134 p.Although human participation and influence are pervasive in actual combat, the effects of human performance are frequently considered only implicity, if at all in combat models. The need for better representation of the human element in combat models has frequently been identified during the past 30 years. However, the majority of the current analytic combat models provide a better representation of equipment capabilities than they do of the human component of weapon system. The purpose of this project is to identify those areas in which the modeling of battlefield processes in the Concepts Analysis Agency could and should be modified to include the effects of human factors and human performance. This project demonstrated that human data can make large differences in combat results and that the Force Evaluation Model (FORCEM) could be modified to reflect the detrimental effects of environment and stress on humans. This project also showed that preprocessing and sensitivity testing could be used to evaluate the effects of soldier characteristics such as mental category that do not change appreciably during the combat period. The results of this project include a list of human data that should be included in combat models, an implementation plan for the list, and another list of important variables that may need more study before they can be incorporated.