Applying the agent-based modeling approach to evaluate future communication strategies in dispersed operations in a complex environment
conference paper
Future conflicts will increasingly take place in complex, urban environments. This calls for a change from operating in large formations and from static encampments to dispersed, networked, decentralized and small-scale operations. Concept development for dispersed operations and their accompanying strategies has only just begun. To aid in this early phase of concept development, this study presents (i) a framework for modeling the effects of communication strategies during dispersed land operations in a complex environment using the Agent-Based Modeling method, and (ii) a case study to illustrate the framework using the research question ‘What are the effects of communication strategies that make use of either a cloud or bundling on the shared Situational Awareness of units in dispersed operations in a complex environment?’, using a peace enforcement scenario in an urban area.
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TNO Identifier
980121
ISSN
18770509
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Source title
Procedia Computer Science, 22nd International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems, ICMCIS 2022, 17 May 2022 through 18 May 2022
Editor(s)
Drioli, G.L.
Foresti, C.
Foresti, C.
Pages
268-277
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