Artificial war : multiagent-based simulation of combat /

Military conflicts, particularly land combat, possess thecharacteristics of complex adaptive systems: combat forces arecomposed of a large number of nonlinearly interacting parts and areorganized in a dynamic command-and-control network; local action,which often appears disordered, self-organizes in...

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Main Author: Ilachinski, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Pub., 2004.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Military conflicts, particularly land combat, possess thecharacteristics of complex adaptive systems: combat forces arecomposed of a large number of nonlinearly interacting parts and areorganized in a dynamic command-and-control network; local action,which often appears disordered, self-organizes into long-range order;military conflicts, by their nature, proceed far from equilibrium;military forces adapt to a changing combat environment; and there isno master ""voice"" that dictates the actions of every soldier (i.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 747 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789812388346
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9781281872388
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