Scientist Meeting

Date: February 18, 2022 5:30pm EST (Zoom)

Attendance

• Christian Clemmons
• Kevin Cornell
• Audrey Schmitt
• Foenix Szot
• Marie Zgurich

Agenda

• Review our design changes with Leo & Meara

• Supply & Demand nodes are configured by the application, and thus cannot be changed. Users are only able to place and configure distribution nodes.

• Review Pastel’s comments during Design Review

• Eliminating “simulation” portion (Have the user configure distribution nodes, click a button, and then have factors like cost, environmental impact, immediately calculated and returned to the user) (This would require a fixed time length)
• Specify export data (What does Leo & Meara want specifically from the ability to export data from the application?)
• Discuss Tutorial Screen (What do Leo & Meara want the user to learn?)

• Should the application explain to the user what a supply chain is, or are we presuming they already have this knowledge?

• Discuss alternatives to copper (we are thinking lumber)

Meeting Notes

• Leo is okay if we end up programming in Unity
• Meara working on figuring out calculation for transportation methods
• On Design Changes:

• Transport methods: trains and trucks are definite
• Time Units would be a day to day basis (or a week)
• Geographic area would just be the Upper Peninsula
• Otherwise they didn’t say anything new on our design changes

• Eliminating ‘Simulation’ Portion:

• It is fine if simulation is just an application and not a web application

• Specifying Export Data:

• Data: Every time simulation is saved, store in a database for user or send information to Leo in an email

• At least make it so they can just save a ‘file’ of the game
• Could get ‘data’ from teachers that way

• Discussing Tutorial Screen:

• Give characteristics of lumber, how used, harvested, or produced (stages for it, also possibly including budget and other calculations?)
• When first going into the program, have a little bit of information on lumber and supply chain (on title screen, or as button on title screen)

• Then once in map-view (in simulation) there are more details on specific nodes (breaking down characteristics and elements for more specific information about it), aka what appears when clicking on the informational buttons

• So information is supplemental, but more specifically educational in lumber process since that is our focus

• Alternatives to Copper:

• Lumber could be an easier alternative (takes less processing than copper)

• Hosting vs Executable

• Leo is okay with it being an application only (export as executable)

Action Items