TY - BOOK AU - Tolk,Andreas TI - Engineering principles of combat modeling and distributed simulation SN - 9781118180280 AV - U310 .T63 2012 U1 - 355.48011 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken PB - Wiley KW - War games KW - Data processing KW - Military art and science KW - Computer simulation KW - Combat KW - Mathematical models KW - Simulation methods KW - Military Science KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - Strategy KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Chapters 1-15 written by Andreas Tolk; chapters 16-32 written by various authors; Includes bibliographical references and index; Challenges of combat modeling and distributed simulation -- Applicable codes of ethics -- The NATO code of best practice for command and control assessment -- Terms and application domains -- Scenario elements -- Modeling the environment -- Modeling movement -- Modeling sensing -- Modeling effects -- Modeling communications, command and control -- Challenges of distributed simulation -- Standards for distributed simulation -- Modeling and simulation development and preparation processes -- Validation and verification -- Integration of M & S solutions into the operational environment -- History of combat modeling and distributed simulation / M.L. Loper & C.D. Turnitsa -- Serious games, virtual worlds, and interactive digital worlds / R. Smith -- Mathematical applications for combat modeling / P.T. Hester & A. Collins -- Combat modeling with the high level architecture and base object models / M.D. Petty & P. Gustavson -- Test and training enabling architecture (TENA) / E.T. Powell & J.R. Noseworthy -- Combat modeling using the DEVS formalism / I.-C. Moon & T.G. Kim -- GIS data for combat modeling / J.D. Lashlee, J.L. Bricio, R. Holcomb & W.T. Richards -- Modeling tactical data links / J. Sorroche -- Standards-based combat simulation initialization using the military scenario definition language (MSDL) / R.L. Wittman -- Multi-resolution combat modeling / M.D. Petty, R.W. Franceschini & J. Panagos -- New challenges : human, social, cultural, and behavioral modeling / S.K. Numrich & P.M. Picucci -- Agent-directed simulation for combat modeling and distributed simulation / G.K. Bharathy & I. Yilmaz -- Uncertainty representation and reasoning for combat models / P.C.G. Costa, H. Herencia-Zapana, K.B. Laskey -- Model-based data engineering for distributed simulations / S.Y. Diallo -- Federated simulation for system of systems engineering / R.H. Kewley & M.D. Wood -- The role of architecture frameworks in simulation models : the human view approach / H.A.H. Handley -- Multinational computer assisted exercises / E. Cayirci N2 - Explore the military and combat applications of modeling and simulationEngineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation is the first book of its kind to address the three perspectives that simulation engineers must master for successful military and defense related modeling: the operational view (what needs to be modeled); the conceptual view (how to do combat modeling); and the technical view (how to conduct distributed simulation) UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118180310 ER -