Engineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation

Preface xi Contributors xiii Biographies xvii Acknowledgments xxvii Abbreviations xxix 1. Challenges of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation1 Andreas Tolk Part I Foundations 2. Applicable Codes of Ethics 25 Andreas Tolk 3. The NATO Code of Best Practice for Command and ControlAssessment 33 Andreas Tolk 4. Terms and Application Domains 55 Andreas Tolk 5. Scenario Elements 79 Andreas Tolk Part II Combat Modeling 6. Modeling the Environment 95 Andreas Tolk 7. Modeling Movement 113 Andreas Tolk 8. Modeling Sensing 127 Andreas Tolk 9. Modeling Effects 145 Andreas Tolk 10. Modeling Communications, Command, and Control 171 Andreas Tolk Part III Distributed Simulation 11. Challenges of Distributed Simulation 187 Andreas Tolk 12. Standards for Distributed Simulation 209 Andreas Tolk 13. Modeling and Simulation Development and PreparationProcesses 243 Andreas Tolk 14. Verification and Validation 263 Andreas Tolk 15. Integration of M&S Solutions into the OperationalEnvironment 295 Andreas Tolk Part IV Advanced Topics 16. History of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation331 Margaret L. Loper and Charles Turnitsa 17. Serious Games, Virtual Worlds, and Interactive DigitalWorlds 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 BaseObject 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 usingthe Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) 579 Robert L. Wittman Jr 25. Multi-Resolution Combat Modeling 607 Mikel D. Petty, Robert W. Franceschini, and JamesPanagos 26. New Challenges: Human, Social, Cultural, and BehavioralModeling 641 S. K. Numrich and P. M. Picucci 27. Agent Directed Simulation for Combat Modeling andDistributed Simulation 669 Gnana K. Bharathy, Levent Yilmaz, and Andreas Tolk 28. Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning for CombatModels 715 Paulo C. G. Costa, Heber Herencia-Zapana, and KathrynLaskey 29. Model-Based Data Engineering for Distributed Simulations747 Saikou Y. Diallo 30. Federated Simulation for System of Systems Engineering765 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