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Explore the military and combat applications of modeling and simulation
Engineering 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). Through methods from the fields of operations research, computer science, and engineering, readers are guided through the history, current training practices, and modern methodology related to combat modeling and distributed simulation systems. Comprised of contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the engineering principles and state-of-the-art methods needed to address the many facets of combat modeling and distributed simulation and features the following four sections:
Foundations introduces relevant topics and recommended practices, providing the needed basis for understanding the challenges associated with combat modeling and distributed simulation.
Combat Modeling focuses on the challenges in human, social, cultural, and behavioral modeling such as the core processes of "move, shoot, look, and communicate" within a synthetic environment and also equips readers with the knowledge to fully understand the related concepts and limitations.
Distributed Simulation introduces the main challenges of advanced distributed simulation, outlines the basics of validation and verification, and exhibits how these systems can support the operational environment of the warfighter.
Advanced Topics highlights new and developing special topic areas, including mathematical applications fo combat modeling; combat modeling with high-level architecture and base object models; and virtual and interactive digital worlds.
Featuring practical examples and applications relevant to industrial and government audiences, Engineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation is an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of operations research, military modeling, simulation, and computer science. Extensively classroom tested, the book is also ideal for courses on modeling and simulation; systems engineering; and combat modeling at the graduate level.
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“Tolk and his coauthors have extensive experience in this area, making this volume a standard reference for researchers engaged in combat modeling. The complexity of the domain, the consequences of error, and the prohibitive cost of direct experimentation are as great in combat modeling as in any other problem area, making this volume a valuable source of examples and techniques for modelers in other areas that are highly complex, consequential, and inaccessible by direct experiment." (Computing Reviews, 1 October 2012)
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Explore the military and combat applications of modeling and simulation
Engineering 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). Through methods from the fields of operations research, computer science, and engineering, readers are guided through the history, current training practices, and modern methodology related to combat modeling and distributed simulation systems.
Comprised of contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the engineering principles and state-of-the-art methods needed to address the many facets of combat modeling and distributed simulation and features the following four sections:
Foundations introduces relevant topics and recommended practices, providing the needed basis for understanding the challenges associated with combat modeling and distributed simulation.
Combat Modeling focuses on the challenges in human, social, cultural, and behavioral modeling such as the core processes of "move, shoot, look, and communicate" within a synthetic environment and also equips readers with the knowledge to fully understand the related concepts and limitations.
Distributed Simulation introduces the main challenges of advanced distributed simulation, outlines the basics of validation and verification, and exhibits how these systems can support the operational environment of the warfighter.
Advanced Topics highlights new and developing special topic areas, including mathematical applications for combat modeling; combat modeling with high-level architecture and base object models; and virtual and interactive digital worlds.
Featuring practical examples and applications relevant to industrial and government audiences, Engineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation is an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of operations research, military modeling, simulation, and computer science. Extensively classroom tested, the book is also ideal for courses on modeling and simulation; systems engineering; and combat modeling at the graduate level.
I am a professor for systems engineering and engineering management. As such, I am interested in methods and solutions that bring the engineering side and the management side of organizations closer together. As I hold a PhD in Computer Science, the use of computer-based methods became my focal point. However, as a systems engineer - or better a system of systems engineering scholar - I know very well that conceptual challenges cannot be solved by throwing tools at someone. Only when mature technology, educated workforce, and supporting management come together, a solution will be successful.
Within this group of tools, modeling and simulation is my main domain of expertise. Modeling deals with the conceptualization of problems, simulation deals with implementing the resulting models. A lot of my research has been funded by the armed forces, so many applications are in the defense and security domain. However, we successfully moved insights into other domains as well, e.g., results on interoperability - simulations running together - and composability - models can be applied together - for medical simulation systems. The levels of conceptual interoperability model (LCIM) was successfully applied in defense, energy, security, and more domains.
I mainly write to educate engineers to better understand what they are doing and for what they are doing it, and for managers to understand what engineers need in order to do their job. I also write to take the myth and the magic out of mathematical solutions. Examples are descriptions of modeling and simulation applications as well designed programmed production systems, not magic mirrors that can do more than human beings, or agent-based systems as the logical next step of object-orientation, not a mystical new method that creates emerging knowledge.
I always try to get some life experience into this as well, as learning just from books as a rule is pretty boring ... but I hope that you find my books helpful nonetheless.
Been active in the modeling and simulation (M&S) field for over 20 years. The text is the single most comprehensive review of the M&S domain that I have ever encountered. Enjoy the practical examples that illustrate teaching points. Written with a touch of humor to make it a more entertaining/interesting read.
