Defense and homeland security applications of multi-agent simulations

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 138-149

  Lucas, Thomas W ^a   Sanchez, Susan M ^a   Martinez, Felix ^b   Sickinger, Lisa R ^c   Roginski, Jonathan W ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Wargaming Department   (Mexico)

^c USS Laboon ^*  (United States)

^d UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTING CLUSTERS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; FORCE-PROTECTION; HOME LAND SECURITY; HOMELAND SECURITY APPLICATIONS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MULTI-AGENT SIMULATIONS; NATIONAL SECURITIES; NON-LETHAL WEAPONS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

MILITARY OPERATIONS;

EID: 49749136128     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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