Linguistic Geometry Techniques for Distributed Interactive Training

We propose to investigate feasibility and develop specs for a new training tool, LG-COACH geared toward distributed interactive training. The tool will be based on Linguistic Geometry (LG). The most significant advantages of LG are a unified conceptual model of all types of military operations, a faithful and scalable model of intelligent enemy, and extraordinarily fast automatic generation of best strategies and tactics for all the sides of a conflict, including the operations with highly divergent and asymmetrical (non-zero-sum) goals of the opponents. In Phase I, we will develop theoretical foundations, operational specifications, and a pilot demo of LG-COACH (to be fully developed on Phase II). LG-COACH will provide the Army with a realistic tool for implementing an effective embedded training system for the development of tactical skills across various levels of command. It will support the TLAC ("Think Like A Commander") approach to training and reusable, adaptable, and scalable vignette-based embedded battlefield decision-making training exercises. It will be able to capture and represent cultural and social idiosyncrasies of conflicts for different parts of the world. It will generate the best strategies and tactics for either side of a conflict (or for all of them) by optimizing them against various criteria to reflect different types of military operations including asymmetric warfare, effects based operations, and future types of warfare. LG-COACH will be truly dynamic, adaptable to the strategy and tactics of its human adversary. Moreover, LG-COACH will provide training for planning the entire operation, allocating resources with minimal cost to achieve certain probability of success (defined by a planner), development of advantageous courses of actions (COA, selecting counteractions, etc. LG-COACH will create the ultimate learning environment for warfighters.