REPRESENTING THE HUMAN DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN SIMULATION MODELS OF COMBAT

Abstract: Across NATO, there is a growing realisation that the proper representation of Command and Control (C2) within combat models is very important, in the context of major Defence topics such as Digitization of the Battlespace. In addition to the use of current OA models and tools to address immediate requirements, there is thus a need for longer term research to develop methods of properly representing these effects. In consequence, research has been instigated in the UK to investigate ways in which the effects of C2 can be incorporated successfully into constructive simulation models of combat- i.e. models which can run in closed form on a computer, and represent the effects of C2, without the need for human intervention during the simulation run. wider span of scenarios in studies, reflecting increased uncertainty in the post-Cold War world. Another reflection of this uncertainty is the need to consider a wide range of sensitivity analysis. These point to the need for constructive simulation models, incorporating the effects of C2, which run at rates very much faster than real time, and which are easily transportable across scenarios. It is the purpose of the research reported here to describe an approach to this problem, which is currently being considered for practical application in a number of ‘testbed ’ model environments. A major pressure acting on Defence operational research studies is the need to address