[x3d-public] Repeatable Unit Testing of DIS Protocol Behavior Streams for X3D

Thu Jul 16 01:41:18 PDT 2020

I am reminded of Version Space Algebra for creating macros/programs in an
editor (human intervention required).

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 2:43 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Very interesting, Don.
>
> I watched the video, and looked at the slides, well much of it.  This
> reminds me of "Model Transformation by Demonstration (MTBD)" or
> "Model-to-Model Transformation by Demonstration," protocol/log/trace
> analysis, and finally "Programming by Demonstration (PbD)."
>
> While this looks like a "continuous" demonstration, I wonder if OpenDIS
> contains vectors/curves or points (events) for paths, it appears like this
> work compresses motion into tracks.  I would be curious if the whole SUV
> path could be described in a few equations, instead of X3D.  I am thinking
> of Kalman filters, too.
>
> Relative to PbD and MTBD, I wonder if multiple alternate paths could be
> recorded in OpenDIS, and then a Switch could be employed, to alternate
> between paths.  And then paths could also be composed in a variety of ways.
> C&C could manually switch select paths at appropriate times during a
> simulation.
>
> I have not checked recent literature, but I haven't seen alternate
> paths handled (except in protocol analysis, perhaps? I am thinking of
> Estelle.  That's not recent literature, though).  Having optional or
> alternate paths determined automatically would be a great boon to automated
> driving, I would think, so that the car can select from the best of several
> paths. I have seen where this work and MTBD can inference out and simplify
> sequential vehicle/mouse moves.  I am also reminded of Richard Feynman's
> "All possible paths."  Inferencing on alternate paths may be more
> difficult?  Surely one can detect identical alternatives?  Would something
> from git or svn source code help?
>
> Also, another interesting thing is to do this in HAnim to record multiple
> sessions for medical use (treatment analysis). I do not know if HAnim is in
> DIS or not, but it would be interesting to do multiple mocaps, and compare
> them, compress them, etc.
>
> The idea would be of course, to compress alternate and recursive streams
> into a single compressed program. I'm thinking of recording a person
> "dancing" to program a computer.
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dancelogic-innovative-youth-program-combines-coding-and-dance-2019-06-20/
>
> Obviously, if an exception is thrown, the question would be how to handle
> it.  I have not thought how to record exceptions in X3D or a data stream.
> But I know people are very interested in exceptions.  Also, recovering
> dropped data.
>
> Finally, if we have data streams of OpenDIS or and the "single compressed
> program" it would be interesting to issue SPARQL queries.
>
> I have not really gotten into "analysis" of "programs" or streams, but
> it's been on my mind.  I am thinking of BAYOU and TransCoder recently in
> the news.  What if we could make X3D much quicker to program by hand?
>
> I am however, very excited that we can turn X3D both into streams and
> hierarchies!  Now let's git DIS input/output/compression into a hierarchy!
>
> Maybe we can sit down at a lunch or conference sometime and discuss such
> things.
>
> What's my use case?  Game programming by demonstration (card games,
> primarily, but something more complex than RoShamBo, which was shown) and
> one-shot imitation game learning by demonstration, the primary purpose
> being to generate the rules to the game for computer-mediated multiplayer
> games.  These rules are also the "Why?" in XAI
>
> John
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:36 PM Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:
>
>> Am happy to report that the following thesis has been published, code is
>> checked in, and we will be testing it further as part of our MV3500
>> Networked Simulation course at NPS this quarter.  Recording of diverse Live
>> Virtual Constructive (LVC) data streams, recording DIS and converting
>> streams to X3D playback is powerful.
>>
>> Thanks for all insights and support. Looking forward to continued
>> progress.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>
>> REPEATABLE UNIT TESTING OF DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (DIS)
>> PROTOCOL BEHAVIOR STREAMS USING WEB STANDARDS
>>
>> Tobias Brennenstuhl Lieutenant Colonel, German Army
>> Masters Thesis, Modeling Virtual Environments Simulation (MOVES), Naval
>> Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey California USA, June 2020
>>
>> Abstract. The IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) protocol is
>> used for high-fidelity real-time information sharing among simulations and
>> trainers across the entire international Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
>> community. If archivally saved and replayed, DIS streams have the potential
>> to become a valuable source of Big Data. The availability of archived
>> prerecorded behavior streams for replay, adaptation, and analysis can
>> benefit an immense variety of application areas. The computer science
>> principle "a stream is a stream" indicates that data in motion is
>> equivalent to data at rest. This characteristic can enable powerful
>> capabilities for DIS.
>>
>> This thesis presents prototypes to demonstrate how various forms of
>> repeatability are key to gaining improved benefits from DIS stream
>> analysis. Unit testing of DIS behavior streams allows confirmation of both
>> repeatability and correctness when testing all manner of applications,
>> exercises, simulations, and training sessions. A related use case is
>> automated after-action review (AAR) from recorded DIS streams. This thesis
>> also shows how a DIS stream is converted into autogenerated code that can
>> animate an X3D Graphics model. Many obstacles were overcome during this
>> work, and so various best practices are provided. Of note is that unit
>> testing might even become a contract requirement for incrementally
>> developing and stably maintaining Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) code
>> bases. This progress provides many opportunities for future work.
>>
>> * README
>>
>> https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/NetworkedGraphicsMV3500/-/blob/master/documentation/theses/brennenstuhl/README.md
>>
>> * Presentation
>>
>> https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/NetworkedGraphicsMV3500/-/blob/master/documentation/theses/brennenstuhl/BrennenstuhlOpenDIS7UnitTestingBriefingJune2020.pptx
>>
>> * Thesis
>>
>> https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/NetworkedGraphicsMV3500/-/blob/master/documentation/theses/brennenstuhl/BrennenstuhlOpenDIS7UnitTestingThesisJune2020.pdf
>>
>> * Demonstration Video (20 minutes)
>>
>> https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/NetworkedGraphicsMV3500/-/blob/master/documentation/theses/brennenstuhl/BrennenstuhlOpenDIS7UnitTestingX3dInterpolation.mp4
>>
>> * Twitter
>>    https://twitter.com/Web3DConsortium/status/1283506818262552577
>>
>> * YouTube
>>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ARFsRFgRk&t=54s
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>
>> all the best, Don
>> --
>> Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
>> brutzman at nps.edu
>> Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA
>>  +1.831.656.2149
>> X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics
>> http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
>>
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