MODSIM session on Defence and Homeland Security Applications of Modelling and Simulation

This session within the multidisciplinary MODSIM International Congress on Modelling and Simulation discusses Defence and Homeland Security applications of modelling and simulation. Anthony Dekker has been the session chair since 2005. MODSIM is held every two years, and in 2007 was held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Another Defence and Homeland Security session is planned for MODSIM 09 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia on 13-17 July, 2009. This conference is being held jointly with the International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. Abstracts for this meeting are due by Saturday 28 November 2008, with full papers by Friday 13 March 2009.

For more details see the conference website or email dekker@ACM.org.

Papers in the Defence and Homeland Security session for 2007 (Christchurch, New Zealand) included:

1. Advanced Presentation Layer in C3I Systems: Petr Frantis and Jan Hodicky
2. Chemical, Biological and Radiological Hazard Assessment: A New Model of a Plume in a Complex Urban Environment: Alex Skvortsov, Peter Dawson, Michael Roberts, and Ralph Gailis
3. Developing ARH Troop Tactics Using Operations Research Constructive Simulation: Arvind Chandran, Gokhan Ibal, and Ziming Tu
4. Epidemic Modelling: Validation of Agent-based Simulation by Using Simple Mathematical Models: Alex Skvortsov, Russell Connell, Peter Dawson, and Ralph Gailis
5. Group Coordination in Multi-Agent Systems: Is it a necessity or an overhead?: Ang Yang, Hussein Abbass, and Ruhul Sarker (CANCELLED)
6. Measuring Force Flexibility: Geoffrey White, Ross Perston, and Fred Bowden
7. Realistic Social Networks for Simulation using Network Rewiring: Anthony Dekker
8. The Travelling Salesman Problem in Maritime Surveillance – Techniques, Algorithms and Analysis: David Marlow, Philip Kilby, and Geoff Mercer

Papers in the Defence and Homeland Security session for 2005 (Melbourne, Australia) included:

1. Analysing Missile Telemetry Data with the Generic Telemetry Viewer and the Whiteboard Viewer: M.P. Dragovic, S.M. Saunders, and S.M. Landi
2. Machine Learning for Adversarial Agent Microworlds: J. Scholz, B. Hengst, G. Calbert, A. Antoniades, P. Smet, L. Marsh, H-W. Kwok, and D. Gossink
3. Multi-Agent UAV Path Planning: L. Marsh, G. Calbert, J. Tu, D. Gossink, and H. Kwok
4. Network Topology and Military Performance: A. Dekker