ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the steps in the analytical process they used to implement the model-test-model approach. The modeling tool they used in their analytical approach was the human performance modeling tool Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (IMPRINT). IMPRINT is a tool developed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) for analysts to use to predict the performance of human operators of a system as they perform a particular set of activities referred to as a mission. With the model-test-model approach, analysts represent soldiers interacting with a conceptual system prior to testing or experimentation using human performance modeling. The human performance models they build identify areas that may contribute to soldier performance problems. During experiments and field testing, these problem areas become key issues for evaluating soldier performance. ARL analysts supporting the ARL program, the robotic collaboration advanced technology objective (RCATO), used the model-test-model approach to guide both laboratory and field tests throughout the entire program.
