Using Agent-Based Modeling to Assess the Impact of Martial Law on a Representative Iraqi Town

Abstract

One of the main challenges in the modeling and simulation community today is the study of human behavioral aspects, which are often not key considerations in traditional combat-oriented attrition-based models. In a martial law scenario, military or peacekeeping forces may be put in place to restore law and order and conduct a wide range of operations, such as setting up road blocks, imposing curfew, distributing food and manning checkpoints. This thesis focuses on the checkpoint operation and uses the agent-based modeling software PAX to assess the impacts of such a scenario on the population. Results indicate that civilians' level of anger and fear, needs and soldiers' rules of engagement play important roles in determining the success of peace support operations.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA429876

Entities

People

  • Peng S. Tan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Attrition
  • Computers
  • Experimental Design
  • Governments
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Group Dynamics
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Science
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Peacekeeping
  • Personality
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Spreadsheet Software

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.