Systems, devices, and methods to support teamwork in collaborative geographic simulation experiments
The subject pertains to systems, methods, and devices to provide improved teamwork guidelines for collaborators in geographic simulation experiments, whereby the collaborators can be led to participate in the geographic simulation tasks according to the teamwork guideline and be instructed to implement the simulation tasks to achieve their goals. The invention can automatically recommend appropriate geographic simulation schemes for specific geographic problems and communicate simulation task information and dependencies. Novel guide cards can instruct teamwork in geographic simulation experiments. Thus, the cards can advantageously instruct, promote, or guide teamwork in geographic simulation experiments and enhance the efficiency of geographic problem-solving.
1. A system for producing guide cards to enhance teamwork in a geographic simulation experiment, the system comprising:
a user input subsystem configured to provide a user input comprising a set of features related to a geographic problem,
a scheme matching subsystem configured to select a recommended collaborative simulation scheme for the geographic problem based on the user input, the recommended collaborative simulation scheme comprising a plurality of tasks and a simulation pathway connecting each task of the plurality of tasks;
a task binding subsystem configured to bind each task of the plurality of tasks to at least one implementation method, and to produce a task information unit group comprising a plurality of task information units, each task information unit comprising task information and logical dependency information related to at least one task of the plurality of tasks; and
a guide card making subsystem configured to produce a plurality of guide cards based on the task information unit group, each guide card of the plurality of guide cards comprising a task information unit;
wherein the set of features in the user input is contained within a textual description in the form of a natural language structure, and the scheme matching subsystem comprises an input terminal connector configured to extract the set of features from the textual description and change the form of each feature from the natural language structure to a tag-based structure comprising at least one tag selected from domain, purpose, dimension, scale, region, time, and resource.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the tag-based structure comprises tags including domain, purpose, dimension, scale, region, time, and resource.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the scheme matching subsystem is configured to select the recommended collaborative simulation scheme for the geographic problem based on a comparison of the set of features in the tag-based structure against a simulation scheme library comprising a plurality of simulation schemes.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the task binding subsystem is configured to access a simulation task pool comprising a plurality of implementation methods for binding to corresponding tasks within the recommended collaborative simulation scheme.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide card making subsystem is configured to produce physical guide cards.
6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the guide card making subsystem is configured to produce both physical guide cards and virtual guide cards.
7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein each guide card of the plurality of guide cards comprises a graphical representation of a task, printed data related to the task, and digital data related to the task, the digital data being on a non-transitory machine-readable medium stored with the guide card, linked to the guide card, or accessible from the guide card.
8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the guide card making subsystem is configured to produce a set of physical guide cards representing the task information unit group of an entire geographic simulation experiment.
9. The system according to claim 8 , the user input subsystem and the guide card making subsystem both in a common physical location.
10. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the guide card making subsystem comprises a first card outlet configured to provide cards at a first physical location, and a second card outlet configured to provide cards at a second physical location.
11. A system for producing guide cards to enhance teamwork, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a machine-readable medium in operable communication with the processor and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, perform the following steps:
receiving a user input comprising a set of features related to a geographic problem, matching a collaborative simulation scheme comprising a plurality of tasks and a simulation pathway connecting the plurality of tasks to the geographic problem based on the user input;
binding a plurality of specific implementation methods to corresponding tasks within the recommended collaborative simulation scheme;
creating a task information unit group comprising a plurality of task information units, each task information unit comprising task information and logical dependency information; and
producing a plurality of virtual guide cards, each virtual guide card of the plurality of virtual guide cards comprising a task information unit selected from the task information unit group;
wherein the set of features in the user input is contained within a textual description in the form of a natural language structure, and the scheme matching subsystem comprises an input terminal connector configured to extract the set of features from the textual description and change the form of each feature from the natural language structure to a tag-based structure comprising at least one tag selected from domain, purpose, dimension, scale, region, time, and resource.
12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further perform the following additional steps:
receiving a simulation scheme library comprising a plurality of collaborative simulation schemes;
accessing or creating a tag-based structure comprising tags selected from domain, purpose, dimension, scale, region, time, and resource;
mapping the simulation scheme library into the tag-based structure to create a tagged simulation scheme library; and
mapping the user input into the tag-based structure to create a tagged user input;
wherein the step of matching the collaborative simulation scheme to the geographic problem comprises a plurality of comparisons between the tagged user input and the tagged simulation scheme library.
13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further perform the following additional steps:
instructing a card making device to produce a plurality of physical guide cards, each physical guide card of the plurality of physical guide cards corresponding to exactly one virtual guide card of the plurality of virtual guide cards.
14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the step of instructing a card making device to produce a plurality of physical guide cards comprises instructing a first card making device to produce a first physical guide card in a first location and instructing a second card making device to produce a second physical guide card in a second location.
15. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further perform the following additional steps:
registering a plurality of simulation participants comprising a first simulation participant and a second simulation participant;
allowing the first simulation participant to access a first task information unit of a first virtual guide card;
allowing the first simulation participant to take the first virtual guide card;
allowing the second simulation participant to access a second task information unit of a second virtual guide card; and
allowing the second simulation participant to take the second virtual guide card.