FIRST MODELING, SIMULATION DISSERTION DEFENDED

John A. Sokolowski successfully defended the first modeling and simulation doctoral dissertation proposal March 7. During his defense, Sokolowski presented his proposed research for modeling the human decision process performed by senior military commanders, which will incorporate the decision-making doctrine that exists in the military today with recent research on how human experts make decisions in complex situations.

The university's doctoral program in modeling and simulation is the first of its kind in the world.