Behavioral Modeling and Simulation: From Individuals to Societies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309118620)

Today's military missions have shifted away from fighting nation states using conventional weapons toward combating insurgents and terrorist networks in a battlespace in which the attitudes and behaviors of civilian noncombatants may be the primary effects of military actions. To support these new missions, the military services are increasingly interested in using models of the behavior of humans, as individuals and in groups of various kinds and sizes. Behavioral Modeling and Simulation reviews relevant individual, organizational, and societal (IOS) modeling research programs, evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the programs and their methodologies, determines which have the greatest potential for military use, and provides guidance for the design of a research program to effectively foster the development of IOS models useful to the military. This book will be of interest to model developers, operational military users of the models and their managers, and government personnel making funding decisions regarding model development.

Author: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc,Board on Behavioral Cognitive and Sensor
ISBN-10: 030911862X
ISBN-13: 9780309118620
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 07/04/2008
Pages: 422
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.22w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 330