## SimBionic Game AI Middleware

#### http://www.simbionic.com/

SimBionic® is an award-winning toolset for creating intelligent behaviors for simulations, games, and other interactive systems quickly and easily, without programming. These behaviors specify how simulated people, systems, and other entities respond to user actions and other events. SimBionic lets you specify smarter behaviors that would be too costly or difficult to develop using traditional programming methods, to build applications that are more realistic, challenging, and engaging.

SimBionic is composed of three basic components - a visual editor for authoring AI behavior, a state-of-the-art runtime engine for executing that behavior, and an interactive debugger for tracking down any problems with your behaviors.

Using the SimBionic visual editor, you can specify decision-making logic with exceptional ease by drawing it as flowchart-like diagrams. This highly intuitive visual approach makes it possible for the less technical members of your team – whether they be content designers, managers, or subject matter experts – to fully participate in the AI development process.

The SimBionic runtime engine is a C++ or Java module that uses the AI behaviors you create in the visual editor to dynamically control characters, objects, or entities within your application. The runtime engine provides an API that is both lightweight, for rapid integration with your application, and flexible, allowing you to choose exactly when SimBionic will run and how it will allocate resources.

Finally, the SimBionic interactive debugger is a full-featured debugging environment that enables you to find and fix bugs in your behavior logic by peering inside a running copy of the SimBionic runtime engine. With the SimBionic debugger, you can walk through a behavior step by step, inspecting data values and setting breakpoints to help track down subtle mistakes.

### Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.

#### http://www.stottlerhenke.com/

Founded in 1988, Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. applies artificial intelligence and other advanced software technologies to solve problems that defy solution using traditional approaches. The company delivers intelligent software solutions for education and training, planning and scheduling , knowledge management and discovery , decision support , and computer security and reliability . Stottler Henke's clients include manufacturers, retailers, educational media companies and government agencies.
Our technology consulting, feasibility studies, and rapid prototypes help companies identify and validate promising applications and approaches. Our software development, implementation, and technology transfer services ensure the successful deployment of effective, long-term solutions. Our software products simplify and accelerate the development of intelligent simulations and game AI, intelligent tutoring systems, and automated scheduling systems.

In 2004, Stottler Henke received a “Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning” award for innovative technology . For the past four consecutive years, Stottler Henke was named one of the "Top 100" companies making a significant impact on the military training industry by Military Training Technology magazine, and in 2005 received a Blue Ribbon recognizing it as a company that leads the industry in innovation.

Seven Stottler Henke systems have been designated as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) success stories. Four Stottler Henke systems have been included in Spinoff, NASA's showcase of successful spinoff technologies. In 2006, NASA released a Hallmarks of Success video that showcases innovative scheduling and training technologies Stottler Henke developed for NASA.
Stottler Henke is headquartered in San Mateo, CA and operates software development offices in Seattle, WA and Boston, MA. Email: info@stottlerhenke.com; Web: http://www.stottlerhenke.com.