The Forward Observer Personal Computer Simulator (FOPCSim) 2
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Authors
Strom, Mark W.
McDonough, James
Subjects
Simulation
Call for Fire
Virtual Environments
Forward Observer
FOPCSim
Training
Fire Support
Field Artillery
Open Source
Call for Fire
Virtual Environments
Forward Observer
FOPCSim
Training
Fire Support
Field Artillery
Open Source
Advisors
Darken, Rudolph P.
Date of Issue
2005-09
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Due to declining budgets and decreases in ammunition allowances, the opportunity to conduct live fire artillery training has been greatly reduced. The available simulation trainers are either outdated, require specialize contractor support, or are not deployable. FOPCSim was developed at no cost, is freely available, takes advantages of modern 3D graphics, eliminates costly contractor support, and will run on laptops in support of deploying units. The simulator provides users with real-time performance feedback based on the Marine Corps Training and Readiness standards and was designed according to a cognitive task analysis of the call for fire procedures. To evaluate how well FOPCSim trains the call for fire procedures, an experiment was conducted at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia. FOPCSim was used in place of the current simulation: Training Set, Fire Observation (TSFO) to evaluate its training effectiveness. By eliminating the overhead associated with most simulators, FOPCSim allows users to perform the call for fire procedures with a high degree of repetitiveness which is needed to train this type of task.
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Thesis
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Department
Computer Science (CS)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
xiv, 107 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
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