The Cold War, extended from the popularization of its name in 1947 to dissolution Soviet Union 1991, functioned a bipolar order which White House and Kremlin set pace events. In accordance with decentralization axis shock [1], both superpowers chose avoid direct confrontation based their strategy on kind tactical movements carried out by third parties. consequence was creation breeding ground d...

Unlike human soldiers, autonomous weapon systems (AWS) are unaffected by psychological factors that would cause them to act outside the chain of command. This is a compelling moral justification for their development and eventual deployment in war. To achieve this level of sophistication, the software that runs AWS will have to first solve two problems: the frame problem and the representation ...

This paper reviews work completed oil a value-judgment-based tactical air command system intended to dispatch missions from a limited supply in response to requests for immediate close air support. A Judged Utility Decision Generator (JUDGE) assumes tliat value judgments can be made explicitly and in real time by appropriately trained personnel, and that decision systems should maximize expecte...

Creating strong AI forces in military war simulations or RTS video games poses many challenges including partially observable states, a possibly large number of agents and actions, and simultaneous concurrent move execution. In this paper we consider a tactical sub-problem that needs to be addressed on the way to strong computer generated forces: abstract combat games in which a small number of...

Although data fusion and other decision support technologies promise significant opportunities for enhancing performance in the growing complexity of war, the design of support systems incorporating these technologies is extremely challenging. This paper examines an approach for designing tools to support the operations staff of a HALIFAX Class frigate in building and maintaining an integrated ...

Anthony C. King, the chair of War Studies at the University of Warwick, recently authored The Combat Soldier: Infantry Tactics and Cohesion in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (2013 Oxford University Press, 2013) and Frontline: Combat and Cohesion in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford University Press, 2015). He is currently writing a book on divisional command which will be published nex...

Tactical Language Training System helps learners acquire basic communicative skills in foreign languages and cultures. Learners practice their communication skills in a simulated village, where they must develop rapport with the local people, who in turn will help them accomplish missions such as post-war reconstruction. Each learner is accompanied by a virtual aide who can provide assistance a...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is reported to be caused by traumatic events that are outside the range of usual human experience including (but not limited to) military combat, violent personal assault, being kidnapped or taken hostage and terrorist attacks. Initial data suggests that at least 1 out of 6 Iraq War veterans are exhibiting symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD. Virtual R...

studying the effect of marketing tactical capabilities on the financial performance of the firms is now proposed as one of the most important priorities of marketing researches. however, the results of the studies in many academic fields that are conducted about a specific issue are usually contrasting. meta-analysis is a research approach that helps the researcher to achieve a suitable combina...