Computer Assisted Exercises and Training : A Reference Guide

Erdal Cayirci

ISBN 10: 0470412291 / ISBN 13: 9780470412299

Published by Wiley Aug 2009, 2009

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Neuware - 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 analysis\* Combat 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computer Assisted Exercises and Training : A Reference Guide
• Publisher: Wiley Aug 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470412291
• ISBN 13: 9780470412299
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 21D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 636 grams

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Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to computer assisted exercises

Readers 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 analysis

• Combat 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

Computer 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.

 

About the Author

Erdal Çayirci, 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.

Dušan Marinčič 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.