SIMULA: an ALGOL-based simulation language
Communications of the ACM
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An accurate computer model of a small force engagement is useful in evaluating the combat effectiveness of armed escorts for sensitive shipments, security guard forces and military patrols. The Transportation Safeguards Effectiveness Model (TSEM), primarily intended for, but not limited to, the study of ambushes of armed convoys, provides the user with considerably greater flexibility in directing the actions of the combatants than previous models. A user oriented script language is presented, which allows the performance of actions to be made contingent on the occurrence of significant events during the battle, providing the means for describing a wide variety of realistic scenarios. In addition, careful attention is being paid to the research results and experimental data supporting the human factors submodels. A new, more accurate casualty assessment model, the use of which can change battle times by as much as an order of magnitude, is discussed.