ROLANDS & ASSOCIATESNPS Analysis Team
HAROLD YAMAUCHI
EDUCATION:
- M.S., Operations Research, Oregon State University
- B.A., Statistics, University of California, Berkley
Mr. Harold Yamauchi provides software development support to the US Army TRADOC Analysis Center Monterey (TRAC-MTRY). He is currently the lead programmer of the Cultural Geography (CG) model, a tool being developed to study the effects of irregular warfare operations on civilian populace behaviors.
Harold has worked on several studies for the United States Army's One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) Objective System (OOS), which is the next generation of Army high resolution combat models. In the fall of 2005, Harold was part of a team tasked to verify that the orderable, composite behavior models within OOS properly modeled logical decisions. During this study, Harold was an integral to the development and execution of a unique process used to verify the OneSAF automated behaviors under tight resource constraints. The developed methodology and test designs allowed the team to evaluate the behaviors thoroughly with a minimum number of scenarios. Based upon the work, the team was able to verify a number of composite behaviors and to provide valuable feedback to the OneSAF Program Manager.
In 2000, Harold was a finalist for the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice for a study done concerning saving federal travel money.
JOHN RUCK, LCDR USN (Ret.)
EDUCATION:
- M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School
- M.S., General Administration, Central Michigan
- B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
Mr. John Ruck is responsible for providing Software Engineering and analysis support to the Army TRAC-MTRY. His current focus is the development and implementation of algorithms for the Logistics Battle Command (LBC) and Dynamic Maintenance (DM) models in support of sustainment analysis. Mr. Ruck provides technical support for the Assignment Scheduling Capability for UAS (ASCU) and Joint Dynamic Assignment of Fires (JDAFS) models.
Past efforts have included the development and implementation of dynamic routing algorithms and behaviors for individual soldiers in a chemical environment for the Combat-XXI model.
DAVID REEVES
EDUCATION:
- B.S., Computer Science, New Mexico State University
Mr. David Reeves provides COMBAT XXI software support to TRAC-Monterey and the Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation (MOVES) Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is currently engaged in a project in support of the US Marine Corps Combat Development Center (MCCDC). The project includes developing the needed behaviors for the scenarios being developed at MCCDC for use in their currently planned studies. Another goal of the project is to identify classes of behaviors that can be abstracted away from the specifics of the current scenario needs to help simplify the creation of scenarios in the future. By developing such techniques, a base of behaviors can be developed that can be reused not only by MCCDC but also across the entire CXXI user community. The result of this work will be a collection of behavioral modules that will expand the capabilities of CXXI and a documented methodology of the process by which such modules can be defined and developed.
Mr. Reeves has prior experience as a key developer of the US Army's COMBAT XXI model in support of TRAC-White Sands Missile Range (TRAC-WSMR). TRAC-WSMR is the program management office for the COMBAT XXI model. He also has experience developing software for the commercial gaming industry. Personal interests include art, game programming, model airctaft, and computers in general.