{"product_id":"computer-assisted-exercises-and-training-isbn-9780470412299","title":"Computer Assisted Exercises and Training","description":"A comprehensive guide to computer assisted exercises  \u003cp\u003eReaders 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:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eFundamentals and Theory—conflict and warfare; probability and statistics; simulation; distributed simulation; and experimentation and analysis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombat 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 facilities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eComputer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  PREFACE.  \u003cp\u003eABOUT AUTHORS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Contemporary Security Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Military Simulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Scope of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Structure of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Electronic Resources for the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Conflict and Warfare.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Paradigms of War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Evolution of Warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Operations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Comprehensive Approach to Operations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Statistics and Probability.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Descriptive Statistics: Population, Sample, Central Tendency, and Dispersion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Probability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Random Variable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Inferential Statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Simulation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Pseudorandom Number Generation and Realization of Random Variables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Static Simulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Dynamic Simulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Phases in a Simulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Distributed Simulation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Distributed Interactive Simulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 High-Level Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Base Object Model (BOM).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Experimentation and Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Design of Experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Execution of Experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Data Analysis, Reporting, and Presentation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II COMBAT MODELING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED EXERCISES, AND PRACTICE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Computer-Assisted Exercise (CAX) Architectures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Distributed Exercises and Distributed Simulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Multilevel and Multiresolution Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Cross-Level, Joint, and Combined Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Excon Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Response Cells.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Training Audience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 CAX PROCESS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Exercise Specification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Planning and Preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Execution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Combat Modeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Terrain Modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Attrition and Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Challenges in the Quantification for Nonkinetic Warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Automated Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Challenges and Approaches in the Implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Combat Model Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Verification and Validation of Combat Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Experimentation and Analysis of Operational Plans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Computer-Assisted Exercise Support Tools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Military Constructive Simulations and Ancillary Tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Planning and Management Tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Mediation-Ware.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Communications\/Information System Issues, Technical Risks, and Risk Mitigation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Hardware and Software Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Communications and QoS Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Security Issues and Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Game Crashes, Checkpoints, and Crash Recovery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Shadow\/Run Ahead Games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Backups and Archives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Networking Service Outages and Other Reasons for Failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Exercise Centers and Facilities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Organization of a Training\/Exercise Center.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Design Principles for Training\/Exercise Center Facilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Review Question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFERENCES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACRONYMS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINDEX.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eErdal Çayirci,\u003c\/b\u003e 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.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDušan Marinčič\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eA comprehensive guide to computer assisted exercises\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReaders 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:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eFundamentals and Theory—conflict and warfare; probability and statistics; simulation; distributed simulation; and experimentation and analysis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombat Modeling, Computer Assisted Exercises, and Practice—CAX architectures; CAX process; combat modeling; CAX support tools; communications\/information system issues, technical risks, and risk mitigation; and exercise centers and facilities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComputer Assisted Exercises and Training: A Reference Guide\u003c\/i\u003e 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. 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