Engineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation (eBook)

ANDREAS TOLK, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Old Dominion University. He supported the development of the discipline of modeling and simulation with his publications for a variety of modeling and simulation conferences as well as his contributions to various NATO research activities in the domains of combat modeling, command and control, and studies and analysis.

Preface xi

Contributors xiii

Biographies xvii

Acknowledgments xxvii

Abbreviations xxix

1. Challenges of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation 1
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Part I Foundations

2. Applicable Codes of Ethics 25
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3. The NATO Code of Best Practice for Command and Control Assessment 33
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4. Terms and Application Domains 55
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5. Scenario Elements 79
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Part II Combat Modeling

6. Modeling the Environment 95
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7. Modeling Movement 113
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8. Modeling Sensing 127
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9. Modeling Effects 145
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10. Modeling Communications, Command, and Control 171
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Part III Distributed Simulation

11. Challenges of Distributed Simulation 187
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12. Standards for Distributed Simulation 209
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13. Modeling and Simulation Development and Preparation Processes 243
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14. Verification and Validation 263
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15. Integration of M&S Solutions into the Operational Environment 295
Andreas Tolk

Part IV Advanced Topics

16. History of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation 331
Margaret L. Loper and Charles Turnitsa

17. Serious Games, Virtual Worlds, and Interactive Digital Worlds 357
Roger D. Smith

18. Mathematical Applications for Combat Modeling 385
Patrick T. Hester and Andrew Collins

19. Combat Modeling with the High Level Architecture and Base Object Models 413
Mikel D. Petty and Paul Gustavson

20. The Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) 449
Edward T. Powell and J. Russell Noseworthy

21. Combat Modeling using the DEVS Formalism 479
Tag Gon Kim and Il-Chul Moon

22. GIS Data for Combat Modeling 511
David Lashlee, Joe Bricio, Robert Holcomb, and William T. Richards

23. Modeling Tactical Data Links 537
Joe Sorroche

24. Standards-Based Combat Simulation Initialization using the Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) 579
Robert L. Wittman Jr

25. Multi-Resolution Combat Modeling 607
Mikel D. Petty, Robert W. Franceschini, and James Panagos

26. New Challenges: Human, Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling 641
S. K. Numrich and P. M. Picucci

27. Agent Directed Simulation for Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation 669
Gnana K. Bharathy, Levent Yilmaz, and Andreas Tolk

28. Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning for Combat Models 715
Paulo C. G. Costa, Heber Herencia-Zapana, and Kathryn Laskey

29. Model-Based Data Engineering for Distributed Simulations 747
Saikou Y. Diallo

30. Federated Simulation for System of Systems Engineering 765
Robert H. Kewley and Marc Wood

31. The Role of Architecture Frameworks in Simulation Models: The Human View Approach 811
Holly A. H. Handley

32. Multinational Computer Assisted Exercises 825
Erdal Cayirci

Annex 1: M&S Organizations/Associations 841
Salim Chemlal and Tuncer Ören

Annex 2: Military Simulation Systems 851
José J. Padilla

Index 869

"Tolk and his coauthors have extensive experience in this
area, making this volume a standard reference for researchers
engaged in combat modeling. The complexity of the domain, the
consequences of error, and the prohibitive cost of direct
experimentation are as great in combat modeling as in any other
problem area, making this volume a valuable source of examples and
techniques for modelers in other areas that are highly complex,
consequential, and inaccessible by direct experiment."
(Computing Reviews, 1 October 2012)