Computer Assisted Exercises and Training A Reference Guide

by Cayirci, Erdal; Marincic, Dusan

• ISBN13: 9780470412299
• ISBN10: 0470412291
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

In this book, an internationally recognized author team explains to large civilian organizations the operational, technical, and organizational aspects of Computer Assisted Exercises (CAX) and War Games. IT begins with an introduction to the fundamentals and key issues related to military simulation and goes on to cover combat modeling, military simulation, CAX planning and execution, and related issues and technologies. Its comprehensive coverage is especially useful to simulation societies, industrial organizations, and other groups interested in military simulation.

Author Biography

Erdal çayirci, Chief CAX Support Branch, NATO Joint Warfare Center, Norway, retired from the army as colonel in 2005. His research interests include military construction simulation sensor networks, mobile communications, and tactical communications. He was an editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and the journals Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless Networks.

Dusan Marincic is Subject Matter Expert, NATO Joint Warfare Center, Norway. His areas of interest have been the dynamics of a global security environment, multivariate analysis of societal security dimensions in the area of complex emergencies, and computer simulation modeling of peace operations.

Table of Contents

Preface

About Authors

Fundamentals and Theory

Introduction

Contemporary Security Environment

Exercises

Military Simulation

Scope of the Book

Structure of the Book

Electronic Resources for the Book

Review Questions

Conflict and Warfare

Paradigms of War

Evolution of Warfare

Operations

Comprehensive Approach to Operations

Review Questions

Statistics and Probability

Descriptive Statistics: Population, Sample, Central Tendency, and Dispersion

Probability

Random Variable

Inferential Statistics

Review Questions

Simulation

Pseudorandom Number Generation and Realization of Random Variables

Static Simulation

Dynamic Simulation

Phases in a Simulation

Review Questions

Distributed Simulation

Distributed Interactive Simulation

High-Level Architecture

Base Object Model (BOM)

Review Questions

Experimentation and Analysis

Design of Experiment

Execution of Experiments

Data Analysis, Reporting, and Presentation

Review Questions

Combat Modeling, Computer-Assisted Exercises, and Practice

Computer-Assisted Exercise (CAX) Architectures

Distributed Exercises and Distributed Simulation

Multilevel and Multiresolution Exercises

Cross-Level, Joint, and Combined Exercises

Excon Structure

Response Cells

Training Audience

Review Questions

CAX PROCESS

Exercise Specification

Planning and Preparation

Execution

Analysis

Review Questions

Combat Modeling

Terrain Modeling

Attrition and Movement

Challenges in the Quantification for Nonkinetic Warfare

Automated Forces

Challenges and Approaches in the Implementation

Combat Model Data

Verification and Validation of Combat Models

Experimentation and Analysis of Operational Plans

Review Questions

Computer-Assisted Exercise Support Tools

Military Constructive Simulations and Ancillary Tools

Planning and Management Tools

Mediation-Ware

Review Questions

Communications/Information System Issues, Technical Risks, and Risk Mitigation

Hardware and Software Requirements

Communications and QoS Requirements

Security Issues and Challenges

Game Crashes, Checkpoints, and Crash Recovery

Shadow/Run Ahead Games

Backups and Archives

Networking Service Outages and Other Reasons for Failure

Review Questions

Exercise Centers and Facilities

Organization of a Training/Exercise Center

Design Principles for Training/Exercise Center Facilities

Review Question

References

Acronyms

Index

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