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LOW COST, YET POWERFUL AND VERSATILE COMPUTER-BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) SIMULATION TOOLS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT C2 TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT. THE USE OF SUCH SYSTEMS IN TRAINING AND SIMULATION EXERCISES REQUIRES THE DEVELOPMENT OF REALISTIC SCENARIOS THAT PORTRAY DIFFERENT BATTLEFIELD SITUATIONS AND POSTURES (OFFENSE, DEFENSE, COUNTER-ATTACK, ETC.). SCEANARIO GENERATION, WHICH INVOLVES SUCH TASKS AS DETERMINING FORCE COMPOSITION, UNIT IDENTIFICATION AND PLACEMENT, DRAWING OVERLAYS OF GROUND ENVIRONMENT SYMBOLS (E.G., LINES, AREAS, ETC.), IS A VERY TEDIOUS AND CUMBERSOME TASK THAT CURRENTLY MUST BE PERFORMED MANUALLY FOR THE MOST PART. HOWEVER, SINCE SCENARIO DEVELOPERS ARE GUIDED BY WELL-ESTABLISHED RULES OF DOCTRINE AND TACTICS, IT APPEARS WORTHWHILE TO RESEARCH THE APPLICATION OF A SUITABLE GENERIC EXPERT SYSTEMS MODEL TO FACILITATE THE SCENARIO GENERATION PROCESS. IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAM, ISR PLANS TO INTEGRATE TWO TECHNOLOGIES: AN EXISTING PC-BASED C2 SIMULATION SYSTEM, WITH AN OFF-THE-SHELF EXPERT SYSTEMS GENERATOR. THE RESULT WILL BE A NEW, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) METHODOLOGY FOR AIDING AND AUTOMATING SCENARIO GENERATION, APPLIED TO COMPUTER-DISPLAYED C2 MAPS, TACTICAL SYMBOLOGY, AND OTHER SYMBOLS FOR THE GROUND ENVIRONMENT.