The present invention is generally related to a computer architecture and
process for evaluating and reporting on a user's competence in managing a
simulation of a complex system modeled in a computer based testing and
training system. The simulation may be called a "virtual system." The
method generates evaluation criteria responsive to a user profile, user
choices in managing the virtual system, and events that occur during a
simulation, in addition to the original state of the system. The method
produces summary evaluations responsive to a plurality of characteristics
of the simulated system. The implementation may be advantageously
employed to evaluate a medical clinician's management of
computer-simulated human patients, hereinafter called "virtual patients".
The present invention is also suitable for evaluation of user management
of a plurality of complex systems including but not limited to animals,
plants, cells, machines, and populations.
