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A comprehensive guide to computer assisted exercisesReaders can turn to this indispensable reference guide for comprehensive and lucid coverage of the operational, technical, and organizational knowledge needed to harness successful and constructive computer assisted exercises (CAX) and war games. It is geared also toward large civilian organizations that are looking to teach and test their strategies and procedures without the added cost of manpower. Divided into two clear parts, the book covers:Fundamentals and Theory-conflict and warfare; probability and statistics; simulation; distributed simulation; and experimentation and analysisCombat Modeling, Computer Assisted Exercises, and Practice-CAX architectures; CAX process; combat modeling; CAX support tools; communications/information system issues, technical risks, and risk miti-gation; and exercise centers and facilitiesComputer Assisted Exercises and Training: A Reference Guide is indispensable reading for research engineers, computer scientists, software engineers working with modeling and simulation, homeland security specialists, staff in simulation training centers, military strategists and commanders, and many others. It also serves as a valuable textbook for modeling and simulation courses at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels.

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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