Simulation plus Imagination Simajin and Simanij an OVERVIEW

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Simulation plus ImaginationSimajinand
Simanijan OVERVIEW

• RhinoCorps, Ltd. Co.
• 1128 Pennsylvania NE, Ste 100
• Albuquerque, NM 87110
• 505-323-9836, fax at -9863
• www.rhinocorps.com

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Points of Contact
Mr. Peter Lattimore Chief Scientist plattimore_at_rhi
nocorps.com Dr. Fred Jonas Vice
President fjonas_at_rhinocorps.com
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Introduction

• The Simajin modeling and simulation tool supports
  a wide variety of applications, both government
  and commercial
• Concept/Product Development, Test and Evaluation
• System/Product Acquisition and Life Cycle Costs
• Force/Facility/Asset Operations, Manufacturing
• Protection/Vulnerabilities, Capabilities
• Transportation, Logistics, Training, Etc.
• Network Modeling / Communications (C4)
• anything you can imagine ...
• Easily incorporates CHANGE -- Produces results
  Quickly
• Cost Affordable, Cost Effective -- VALUE Added

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Outline

• Introduction
• Corporate Overview
• Simajin
• Overview
• The Details
• Human Factors / Behavior
• Wide Range of Uses
• V V A
• Applications
• Simanij
• Summary

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Overview
Providing Quality Professional Engineering and
Software Services Emphasizing

• Modeling Simulation
• Software Development Web Applications
• Engineering Services

PROBLEM SOLVERS
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Corporate Information
Chief Executive Officer Santiago (Jimmy)
Abalos [phone]
President Anthony Contri [phone]
Chief Scientist Peter Lattimore [phone]
An 8a-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
(SDB) headquartered in Albuquerque NM
Corporate HQ Albuquerque, NM
Primary NAICS Code 541 Professional ST
Studies Computer Engineering Services
Washington, D.C.
Huntsville, AL
Las Cruces White Sands Missile Range, NM
Founded May 1998
Hurlburt Field FL and England
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Corporate Attributes
The RhinoCorps Corporate Culture and Attributes
are reflected by our commitment to Excellence and
our

• Customer Focus service first and foremost
  meeting customer needs
• Pro-active Leadership committed to excellence,
  innovation and creativity
• Expert Staff dedicated professionals who take
  pride in being the best

The NNSA Milestone Reporting Tool Development
Team is being honored for exemplary leadership,
teamwork, and expertise (SNL Lab News, Jul
04) Job Well Done! (U.S. Army / Navy, WSMR
TCS) ... the best modeling and simulation tool
they MDA have ever seen. (November
2002) Nominated for the SBA Small Business Prime
Contractor of the Year (2005) by Army AF
customers
Leading the Way to the Future Today
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SimajinOverview
anything you can imagine . . .
Simajin is a general purpose toolkit for
solving real problems a users experience
and imagination are the limiting factors.
Simajin
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SimajinOverview (continued)
Simajin simulation imagination

• Event (just in time) Data Driven Simulation
• Chaotic/Non-linear Cause Effect (like real
  life)
• Highly Portable and Flexible Architecture
• Rapid model development / implementation
• Individual Mental Aspects (cognitive behavior)
• User Defined Strategies Tactics / Procedures
• Social, Religious, Economic, Political Effects
• Multiple Sides / Players / Command Control
• Supports Peace / War Transitions
• Days to Decades Scenarios
• Fast, Easy User Friendly
• Automated batch runs, I/O using Simanij

An extremely powerful agent based general
purpose simulation / simulation development tool
with a rich heritage and legacy of proven
applications
Capable of simulating anything you can imagine
just Simajin it !!!
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SimajinOverview (concluded)
Obruty
Modeling the Flu
Missile Defense Agency Facility / Force
Protection Ft. Greeley, AK Vandenberg AFB, CA
Diverse / Flexible Meaningful RESULTS using a
single simulation!!!
Missile Defense Agency Greybeard Panel of Retired
Generals/Admirals declared Simajin the best
modeling and simulation tool they have ever seen
(November 2002)
NASA
Personal Air Vehicle Concept Study
USAF Demonstration, Air Base Operations while
under Attack
just Simajin it !!!
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Simajin

• Simajin is not a system of equations with obscure
  coefficients.
• human-understandable input and output
• A user can observe the cause and effect
  relationships from the beginning through the end
  of any set of interactions.
• easy visibility into why something occurred
• results reinforce assumptions, or
• allow you to rethink anomalies

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Simajinthe Details

• The software contains the verbs Move, Sense,
  Talk, Effect, Work/Think
• The user supplies the adjectives, nouns, and
  adverbs And, chooses the detail by defining the
  nouns (individuals, facilities, organizations)
• The remainder of the data bases defines the
  limits on the nouns and verbs

Simajin Invokes the Self-Similarity
Principle Anything, at any level of detail or
scope, over any time period, can be represented
by combining the generic functions and player
structures.
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Simajinthe Details (continued)

• Event-Stepped, Asynchronous Time-Stepped
• processes use their own natural time constants
• just in time calculations, not just in case
• O(nlogn) scaling
• chaotic outliers are significant
• Flexible Player Structure
• groups, players, clusters, figures, elements,
  systems, expendables, attributes

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Simajinthe Details (continued)
Simajin development has been driven by the needs
of projects and users (real world) not
theoretical or unproven requirements ... easily
incorporates change

• Written in ANSI C
• About 66,000 lines (carriage returns)
• Machine Independent (desktops laptops),
  Macintosh OS X, Windows, Linux, UNIX

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Simajinthe Details (concluded)

• Perceptions and Reality are Separated
• overloading, mistakes and confusion, fog of
  war, countermeasures, spies, mutinies, etc.
• User-Defined Operational Factors
• plans, TTPs, SOPs, tactics, doctrine, etc.,
  hierarchies, organizations, interoperability
• Data Requirements are Flexible
• Standalone and Networked Capabilities
• DIS, HLA, custom protocols have been used in
  predecessor architectures
• Human Factors
• personality distributions, training, stress, etc.

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SimajinHuman Behavior

• Human behavior is chaotic (includes nonlinear),
  discontinuous, and non-differentiable everywhere!
• Closed-form systems of equations will not
  adequately simulate human behavior.
• Blends of cognitive, dynamic psychological
  concepts, along with other ideas from Skinner,
  etc., are needed.
• Blends of philosophical schools of thought (Kant,
  existentialism, etc.) are needed.
• Humans dont optimize their behavior simulations
  of humans shouldnt attempt this either.

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SimajinHuman Factors

• Simajin cognitive behavior includes
• Time to Think and React
• Attitudes that can Change over Time
• Distributions for Behaviors
• Degradation from External Factors
• time on duty
• workload
• environment (chem-bio, etc.)
• Economic, Political, Religious, and Social Effects

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SimajinWide Range of Uses
Simajin A Single Simulation THAT Covers the
Entire Spectrum from Concept Development to
Retirement (DoD Applications)

• Simajin uses include Applications
• studies/analyses (complete picture)
• test evaluation (developmental, operational)
• training (networked and standalone)
• mission planning (rehearsals, what ifs)
• Simulations have been used by/developed for
• DoD (Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps)
• DOE, DOT, NASA, Secret Service
• DNA, NSA, other independent agencies
• multi-national corporations
• video game companies

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SimajinV VA

• Simajin predecessor codes (logical architecture)
  Verification, Validation Accreditation (VVA)
• C3CM JTF (Command, control, and communications
  countermeasures Joint Task Force) correlation
  with field exercises
• JASA (Joint Accreditation Support Agency)
  Suppressor SWEG for JSF (Joint Strike Fighter)
  Project Office
• ACETEF (Air Combat Environment Test Evaluation
  Facility) Developmental Operational Test
  Evaluation (DTE, OTE)
• Expert Opinion airline strike, invoke
  Taft-Hartley (HQ DOT Department of
  Transportation)
• Weapon Systems Acquisition JSF, F-22, F-117, B-2,
  A-12, Tacit Rainbow, etc.

Simajin use validated by MDA Grey Beard Panel as
the best modeling simulation tool they have
ever seen Nov 2002
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SimajinApplications
Simajin is ideal for application to the uncertain
ever-changing environment of todays world

• Unencumbered by limiting assumptions
• Has the inherent flexibility to handle multiple
  diverse systems, communication and network
  architectures
• Has the inherent flexibility to quickly
  incorporate change only have to change the data,
  not the code
• Provides value through increased productivity,
  resource allocation, and minimal maintenance
  more data, more analysts (vs code
  developers/maintainers)

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SimanijSimulate Manage

• Simanij Helps You Manage Your Data Bases
• expert or experienced users build data bases
• data tags added to text data bases for Simanij
  GUI
• less experienced users can then easily change
  data bases
• Simanij Has a Reconfigurable, Data-Driven GUI
• ANSI C and Java
• about 8,000 lines
• Machine Independence (desktops laptops)
• Macintosh OS X
• Windows
• Linux, UNIX

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SimanijAnalysis Support

• Helps Design Matrices of Runs
• you select the dimensions
• you determine the number of replications
• you determine how conditions vary random or
  orderly
• Manages the Distribution of Runs to Multiple
  Machines
• Collects the Results and Collates Them
• Presents Results to User as Runs Progress
• Provides Summaries Based on Design Matrix

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SimanijAnalysis Support (concluded)
Simanij Simulate Manage Easy Input/Output
Control
2-D/3-D Presentation Of Results
Event Tracking
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Summary
Simajin is a general purpose toolkit for
solving real problems a users experience
and imagination are the limiting factors. Solve
tomorrows problems today. ... just Simajin it!