Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for...

A simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real world. In this broad sense, simulation can often be used...

Modeling and simulation (M&S) is the use of models (e.g., physical, mathematical, behavioral, or logical representation of a system, entity, phenomenon...

and a military exercise is determined, primarily, by the involvement of actual military forces within the simulation, or lack thereof. Military exercises...

Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts...

The Midwest Military Simulation Association (MMSA) is a group of wargamers and military figurine collectors active during the late 1960s and 1970s. When...

Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) is an IEEE standard for conducting real-time platform-level wargaming across multiple host computers and is used...

Trainer for flight and military applications, many field experts attempted to adapt simulation to their own needs. Medical simulation was not immediately...

navigation of virtual environments. Arguably the first video game (faux-military simulation), the PDP-1-powered Spacewar!, was developed in 1962. The U.S. Army's...

Computer simulation is the running of a mathematical model on a computer, the model being designed to represent the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a...

Q R S T U V W X Y Z Computer simulation Glossary of military abbreviations Military simulation Modeling and simulation Operations research "Department...

"The Desert War, 1940–43", is a strategic board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the entire North African...

MilSim, an abbreviation of military simulation, refers to live-acted simulation of armed conflict scenarios conducted by civilians for entertainment, sporting...

Roleplay simulation is an experiential learning method in which either amateur or professional roleplayers (also called interactors) improvise with learners...

or the simulation of political campaigns. They differ from the genre of classical wargames due to their discouragement or abstraction of military or action...

Crowd simulation is the process of simulating the movement (or dynamics) of a large number of entities or characters. It is commonly used to create virtual...

Level Simulation (JTLS) is used to simulate joint, combined, and coalition civil-military operations at the operational level. Used for civil/military simulations...

Sidney N., "A Process for Modeling and Simulation Capability Gap Analysis", Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC)...

and Simulation Coordination Office (M&SCO) is an organization within the United States Department of Defense that provides modeling and simulation technology...

standard for distributed simulation, used when building a simulation for a larger purpose by combining (federating) several simulations. The standard was developed...

Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, Research, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), a division of US Army Simulation and Training Technology Center...

developer and publisher based in Prague. The company focuses on creating military simulation games such as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and the Arma...

for the Windows in October 1998. Delta Force was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the United States' Delta Force special operations...

J-Series data, particularly for simulations and integration. However, the SIMPLE is not limited to use for simulation and integration, and is finding...

and game genre introduced by David Wesely, a member of the Midwest Military Simulation Association, in the late 1960s, and originally played in the Twin...

cosmetically resemble real firearms. This makes them popular for military simulation and historical reenactments. There are also professional gun safety...

The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of modeling and simulation interoperability...

system simulation focuses on training pilots (or operators) to control an unmanned aircraft or its payload from a control station. Flight simulation involves...

operation. The ghost town is commonly used by military, police, firefighters, airsoft military-simulation events, recreational paintball players for staged...

Defense in the Modeling and Simulation Glossary as follows: Live - A simulation involving real people operating real systems. Military training events using...