The Effects of Time Advance Mechanism on Simple Agent Behaviors in Combat Simulations
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We investigate the effects of time advance mechanisms on the behavior of agents in combat simulations
using some simple scenarios relevant to combat and agent-based models. We implement these simulation
designs in two modeling packages that illustrate the differences between discrete-time simulation (DTS)
and discrete-event simulation (DES) methodologies. Many combat models use DTS as their simulation
time advance mechanism. We demonstrate that the presence and size of the time step as a modeling component
can have a substantial impact on the basic characteristics of agent and simulation performance. We
show that the use of a DTS method can degrade the modeling accuracy of changes in agent sensor range
and detection outcomes, and also can compromise the ability of agents to travel to specific target destinations
in a spatial simulation environment. We conclude that DES methodology
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Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference S. Jain, R.R. Creasey, J. Himmelspach, K.P. White, and M. Fu, eds.
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