Low intensity conflicts modeling framework based on Dynamic hierarchical structure DEVS approach
Lassaad BAATI, Claudia FRYDMAN, Norbert GIAMBIASI and Mamadou SECK
Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2007 (SCSC 2007)
San Diego, California (USA), July 15-18, 2007
Abstract
Low intensity conflicts become crucial in military opera-tions. They are situations where contending groups are in-volved in a confrontation below the level of conventional war. To protect minorities and maintain or restore an ac-ceptable level of peace a military force can be employed. Such a system is principally characterised by the impor-tance of the interactions between and within factions. Sali-ent properties of these interactions are their asymmetry, their effects at different scales and their dynamic nature. The multi-agent paradigm and the dynamic structure system are particularly suitable ways to represent a system with such characteristics. This paper proposes a Discrete EVents Specification (DEVS) of autonomous agents and uses a related dynamic hierarchical structure approach to enable more realistic training of military personnel and scenario analysis.