Engineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation

by Tolk, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9780470874295
• ISBN10: 0470874295
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-20
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book is divided into two main sections: Foundations and Advanced Topics. The Foundations section has been entirely written by Andreas Tolk in an effort to ensure a consistent and comprehensive overview of relevant topics and recommended practices. The book begins with an introduction, which addresses general principles, and key historical notes, methods, and terms are introduced and defined. Readers are provided with a framework to use to cope with the multiple facets that make up engineering principles of combat modeling and distributed simulation. The book moves on to discuss questions surrounding combat modeling and addresses the conceptualization and model development for the military and defense domain. Modeling and simulation, in general, differentiates between conceptualization and model development (modeling) and implementation and distributed execution (simulation). A discussion of distributed simulation follows. This portion of the book deals with implementation and execution challenges, discusses established protocols, and also introduces current and emerging standards. The second section of the book, Advanced Topics, highlights new and current developments, and the chapters were written by recognized experts in the field. Modeling traditional operations of military forces is the main focus, and the chapters review current developments in the research and development domains. Advanced topical coverage includes: experimentation guidelines; agent-directed simulation; new challenges in human, social, cultural, and behavioral modeling; system engineering principles; the integration of combat simulations services into the operational environment; and serious games, virtual worlds, and interactive digital worlds.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Biographies	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxvii
Abbreviations	p. xxix
Challenges of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation	p. 1
Foundations
Applicable Codes of Ethics	p. 25
The NATO Code of Best Practice for Command and Control Assessment	p. 33
Terms and Application Domains	p. 55
Scenario Elements	p. 79
Combat Modeling
Modeling the Environment	p. 95
Modeling Movement	p. 113
Modeling Sensing	p. 127
Modeling Effects	p. 145
Modeling Communications, Command, and Control	p. 171
Distributed Simulation
Challenges of Distributed Simulation	p. 187
Standards for Distributed Simulation	p. 209
Modeling and Simulation Development and Preparation Processes	p. 243
Verification and Validation	p. 263
Integration of M&S Solutions into the Operational Environment	p. 295
Advanced Topics
History of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation	p. 331
Serious Games, Virtual Worlds, and Interactive Digital Worlds	p. 357
Mathematical Applications for Combat Modeling	p. 385
Combat Modeling with the High Level Architecture and Base Object Models	p. 413
The Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA)	p. 449
Combat Modeling using the DEVS Formalism	p. 479
GIS Data for Combat Modeling	p. 511
Modeling Tactical Data Links	p. 537
Standards-Based Combat Simulation Initialization using the Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL)	p. 579
Multi-Resolution Combat Modeling	p. 607
New Challenges: Human, Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling	p. 641
Agent Directed Simulation for Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation	p. 669
Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning for Combat Models	p. 715
Model-Based Data Engineering for Distributed Simulations	p. 747
Federated Simulation for System of Systems Engineering	p. 765
The Role of Architecture Frameworks in Simulation Models: The Human View Approach	p. 811
Multinational Computer Assisted Exercises	p. 825
M&S Organizations/Associations	p. 841
Military Simulation Systems	p. 851
Index	p. 869
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