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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS This PDF is available at http://nap.edu/5830 SHARE Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense (1997) DETAILS 196 pages | 6 x 9 | PAPERBACK ISBN 978-0-309-05842-1 | DOI 10.17226/5830 CONTRIBUTORS GET THIS BOOK Committee on Modeling and Simulation: Opportunities for Collaboration Between the Defense and Entertainment Research Communities, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council FIND RELATED TITLES SUGGESTED CITATION National Research Council 1997. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/5830. 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Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense Modeling and Simulation Linking Entertainment and Defense Committee on Modeling and Simulation: Opportunities for Collaboration Between the Defense and Entertainment Research Communities Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C. 1997 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. 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Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not neces- sarily reflect the views of the sponsors. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 97-68732 International Standard Book Number 0-309-05842-2 Additional copies of this report are available from: National Academy Press 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285 Washington, DC 20055 800/624-6242 202/334-3313 (in the Washington Metropolitan Area) http://www.nap.edu Copyright 1997 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense COMMITTEE ON MODELING AND SIMULATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEFENSE AND ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH COMMUNITIES MICHAEL ZYDA, Naval Postgraduate School, Chair DONNA COX, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign WARREN KATZ, MäK Technologies JOSHUA LARSON-MOGAL, Silicon Graphics Inc. GILMAN LOUIE, Spectrum HoloByte Inc. PAUL LYPACZEWSKI, Alias|Wavefront RANDY PAUSCH, Carnegie Mellon University ALEXANDER SINGER, Independent Producer/Director JORDAN WEISMAN, Virtual World Entertainment Inc. Staff JERRY R. SHEEHAN, Study Director LISA L. SHUM, Project Assistant GLORIA BEMAH, Administrative Assistant (through November 1996) iii Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD DAVID D. CLARK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair FRANCES E. ALLEN, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center JEFF DOZIER, University of California at Santa Barbara SUSAN L. GRAHAM, University of California at Berkeley JAMES GRAY, Microsoft Corporation BARBARA J. GROSZ, Harvard University PATRICK HANRAHAN, Stanford University JUDITH HEMPEL, University of California at San Francisco DEBORAH A. JOSEPH, University of Wisconsin BUTLER W. LAMPSON, Microsoft Corporation EDWARD D. LAZOWSKA, University of Washington BARBARA H. LISKOV, Massachusetts Institute of Technology JOHN MAJOR, Qualcomm Inc. ROBERT L. MARTIN, Lucent Technologies DAVID G. MESSERSCHMITT, University of California at Berkeley CHARLES L. SEITZ, Myricom Inc. DONALD SIMBORG, KnowMed Systems Inc. LESLIE L. VADASZ, Intel Corporation MARJORY S. BLUMENTHAL, Director HERBERT S. LIN, Senior Staff Officer JERRY R. SHEEHAN, Staff Officer JULIE CLYMAN LEE, Administrative Assistant LISA L. SHUM, Project Assistant SYNOD P. BOYD, Project Assistant iv Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND APPLICATIONS ROBERT J. HERMANN, United Technologies Corporation, Co-chair W. CARL LINEBERGER, University of Colorado, Co-chair PETER M. BANKS, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan LAWRENCE D. BROWN, University of Pennsylvania RONALD G. DOUGLAS, Texas A&M University JOHN E. ESTES, University of California at Santa Barbara L. LOUIS HEGEDUS, Elf Atochem North America Inc. JOHN E. HOPCROFT, Cornell University RHONDA J. HUGHES, Bryn Mawr College SHIRLEY A. JACKSON, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission KENNETH H. KELLER, University of Minnesota KENNETH I. KELLERMANN, National Radio Astronomy Observatory MARGARET G. KIVELSON, University of California at Los Angeles DANIEL KLEPPNER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology JOHN KREICK, Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company MARSHA I. LESTER, University of Pennsylvania THOMAS A. PRINCE, California Institute of Technology NICHOLAS P. SAMIOS, Brookhaven National Laboratory L.E. SCRIVEN, University of Minnesota SHMUEL WINOGRAD, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center CHARLES A. ZRAKET, MITRE Corporation (retired) NORMAN METZGER, Executive Director v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense Preface The entertainment industry and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)—though differing widely in their motivations, objectives, and cul- tures—share a growing interest in modeling and simulation. In enter- tainment, modeling and simulation technology is a key component of a $30 billion annual market for video games, location-based entertainment, theme parks, and films. In defense, modeling and simulation provides a cost-effective means of conducting joint training; developing new doc-
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