| PREFACE. |
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| ABOUT AUTHORS. |
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| PART I FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORY. |
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1.1 Contemporary Security Environment. |
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1.5 Structure of the Book. |
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1.6 Electronic Resources for the Book. |
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2.2 Evolution of Warfare. |
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2.4 Comprehensive Approach to Operations. |
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3 Statistics and Probability. |
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3.1 Descriptive Statistics: Population, Sample, Central Tendency, and Dispersion. |
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3.4 Inferential Statistics. |
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4.1 Pseudorandom Number Generation and Realization of Random Variables. |
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4.4 Phases in a Simulation. |
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5 Distributed Simulation. |
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5.1 Distributed Interactive Simulation. |
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5.2 High-Level Architecture. |
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5.3 Base Object Model (BOM). |
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6 Experimentation and Analysis. |
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6.1 Design of Experiment. |
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6.2 Execution of Experiments. |
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6.3 Data Analysis, Reporting, and Presentation. |
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| PART II COMBAT MODELING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED EXERCISES, AND PRACTICE. |
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7 Computer-Assisted Exercise (CAX) Architectures. |
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7.1 Distributed Exercises and Distributed Simulation. |
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7.2 Multilevel and Multiresolution Exercises. |
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7.3 Cross-Level, Joint, and Combined Exercises. |
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| 8 CAX PROCESS. |
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8.1 Exercise Specification. |
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8.2 Planning and Preparation. |
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9.2 Attrition and Movement. |
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9.3 Challenges in the Quantification for Nonkinetic Warfare. |
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9.5 Challenges and Approaches in the Implementation. |
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9.7 Verification and Validation of Combat Models. |
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9.8 Experimentation and Analysis of Operational Plans. |
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10 Computer-Assisted Exercise Support Tools. |
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10.1 Military Constructive Simulations and Ancillary Tools. |
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10.2 Planning and Management Tools. |
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11 Communications/Information System Issues, Technical Risks, and Risk Mitigation. |
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11.1 Hardware and Software Requirements. |
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11.2 Communications and QoS Requirements. |
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11.3 Security Issues and Challenges. |
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11.4 Game Crashes, Checkpoints, and Crash Recovery. |
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11.5 Shadow/Run Ahead Games. |
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11.6 Backups and Archives. |
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11.7 Networking Service Outages and Other Reasons for Failure. |
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12 Exercise Centers and Facilities. |
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12.1 Organization of a Training/Exercise Center. |
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12.2 Design Principles for Training/Exercise Center Facilities. |
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| REFERENCES. |
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| ACRONYMS. |
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| INDEX. |
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