Industry simulation environment
First Claim
1. A method for simulating a global industrial environment, the method comprising:
- modeling a global economy as a set of interlinked economies;
modeling a management framework as a set of interlinked management functionalities; and
modeling both individual and organizational behaviors through a use of a set of interlinked agents, wherein the set of interlinked agents actively transact in the global economy and implement one or more of the set of interlinked management functionalities, and wherein the global industrial environment is dynamically configurable.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for simulating a global industrial environment. In one embodiment, the global industrial environment models a global economy as a set of interlinked economies, models a management framework as a set of interlinked management functionalities, and models both individual and organizational behaviors through a use of a set of interlinked agents. In another embodiment, operational data independent from the interlinked economies, interlinked management functionalities, and interlinked agents is customized at run-time. In another embodiment, individuals are electronically trained in a synthetic environment for analysis and simulation of a global industrial system. In this embodiment, the environment includes a virtual execution environment, a pre-exercise briefing, one or more rounds of exercise-time activity, and a post-game analysis.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for simulating a global industrial environment, the method comprising:
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modeling a global economy as a set of interlinked economies; modeling a management framework as a set of interlinked management functionalities; and modeling both individual and organizational behaviors through a use of a set of interlinked agents, wherein the set of interlinked agents actively transact in the global economy and implement one or more of the set of interlinked management functionalities, and wherein the global industrial environment is dynamically configurable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6)
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5. A method for war-gaming a global economy implemented on a distributed computing environment, the method comprising:
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forming a virtual global economy as a set of interlinked economies and political entities, wherein each economy is modeled based on a set of markets selected from a group consisting of goods, services, stocks, bonds, labor, currency, and intellectual property; representing a firm based on a set of management functionalities selected from a group consisting of strategic planning, operations, production, distribution, accounting, quantitative methods, mergers and acquisitions, marketing, finance, and human resources; and engaging by a player as a firm against at least another player as another firm, which is a competitor of the firm, so as to induce a desired business strategy.
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7. A method for electronically training individuals in a synthetic environment for analysis and simulation of a global industrial system, the method comprising:
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creating a virtual execution environment on a distributed computing system, wherein the virtual execution environment is dynamically configurable; conducting a pre-exercise briefing; simulating a global economy having one or more markets; operating a human agent in the virtual execution environment; operating a plurality of artificial agents in the virtual execution environment, wherein the plurality of artificial agents represent intelligent software agents that each has a knowledge base programmed with rules of engagement; simulating one or more management functionalities; conducting one or more rounds of exercise-time activity; and conducting a post-game analysis. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An industry simulation environment configured on a distributed computing system, the industry simulation environment comprising:
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means for creating a virtual execution environment; means for modeling one or more interlinked economies; means for modeling one or more interlinked management functionalities; means for modeling a plurality of agents; and means for dynamically customizing run-time data in the industry simulation environment.
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18. A computerized-method for running a business simulation game in a distributed computing system, the computerized-method comprising:
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establishing a distributed virtual execution environment that includes one or more application servers; establishing a distributed data management system that is operatively coupled to the distributed virtual execution environment, wherein the distributed data management system includes one or more data stores; electronically simulating a set of interlinked economies on the distributed virtual execution environment; electronically simulating a set of management functionalities on the distributed virtual execution environment; electronically engaging a plurality of artificial agents within the distributed virtual execution environment; and electronically customizing the one or more data stores of the distributed data management system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for simulating a global industrial environment that is implemented on a distributed computing environment, wherein the instructions perform a computerized-method comprising:
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modeling a global economy as a set of interlinked economies; modeling a management framework as a set of interlinked management functionalities; modeling both individual and organizational behaviors through a use of a set of interlinked agents, wherein the agents actively engage in the global economy and implement one or more management functionalities; and customizing operational data for the set of interlinked economies, the set of interlinked management functionalities, and the set of interlinked agents, so that one or more variables in the global industrial environment changes over time.
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23. A computerized-system comprising:
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a virtual execution environment having one or more application servers in a distributed computing system, such that the one or more application servers process information during a simulation of a global industrial environment to provide functionality for a plurality of interlinked economies, a plurality of interlinked management functionalities, and a plurality of interlinked agents; one or more independent data stores operatively coupled to the virtual execution environment; and one or more customized data elements that populate both the virtual execution environment and the one or more independent data stores during the simulation of the global industrial environment. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method for managing a strategic plan in a synthetic environment for analysis and simulation of a global industrial system, the method comprising:
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creating a virtual execution environment, wherein the virtual execution environment is dynamically configurable; simulating a global economy having one or more markets; simulating a strategic-planning management functionality; maintaining one or more data stores, wherein the one or more data stores are independent from the virtual execution environment; engaging one or more human agents in the virtual execution environment, wherein the one or more human agents implement the strategic-planning management functionality; and engaging a plurality of artificial agents in the virtual execution environment, wherein the plurality of artificial agents represent intelligent software agents that each has a knowledge base programmed with rules of engagement. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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