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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1304 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Tan, Peng Soon |
| Contributors | Sanchez, Susan M., Cioppa, Thomas M., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Operations Research |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xx, 93 p. : col. ill. ;, application/pdf |
| Rights | Approved for public release, distribution unlimited |
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