GoShaper as an Innovative Training and Evaluation Platform With Embedded AI Solutions

The paper presents GoShaper Platform serving as a training, recruitment and evaluation gaming tool in Production Management field. The complex composition of the game modules and functions was described altogether with the decision process, in the most elaborated Free Competition module, examining players skills in the competitive environment and challenging them with tasks such as factory locating (with consideration of suppliers placement), technology purchasing, layout planning, schedule building and production control, while competing with other manufacturers on the market. The description of the decision process complexity and its interdependencies embedded, gave overall view of algorithmic needs for Virtual Player (VP) to be integrated in the Platform. The review of the available AI solutions for serious games was included. The set of algorithms chosen and combined accordingly and innovative logic developed for VP were shown, and the entity was tested proving its potential. The VP built in gained significant advantage over real, well qualified player which proved the evolved dedicated logic with AI elements effectiveness. The possibilities of future algorithms upgrade were indicated.