Chapters 1-15 written by Andreas Tolk; chapters 16-32 written by various authors.

Challenges of combat modeling and distributed simulation -- Applicable codes of ethics -- The NATO code of best practice for command and control assessment -- Terms and application domains -- Scenario elements -- Modeling the environment -- Modeling movement -- Modeling sensing -- Modeling effects -- Modeling communications, command and control -- Challenges of distributed simulation -- Standards for distributed simulation -- Modeling and simulation development and preparation processes -- Validation and verification -- Integration of M&S solutions into the operational environment -- History of combat modeling and distributed simulation / M.L. Loper & C.D. Turnitsa -- Serious games, virtual worlds, and interactive digital worlds / R. Smith -- Mathematical applications for combat modeling / P.T. Hester & A. Collins -- Combat modeling with the high level architecture and base object models / M.D. Petty & P. Gustavson -- Test and training enabling architecture (TENA) / E.T. Powell & J.R. Noseworthy -- Combat modeling using the DEVS formalism / I.-C. Moon & T.G. Kim -- GIS data for combat modeling / J.D. Lashlee, J.L. Bricio, R. Holcomb & W.T. Richards -- Modeling tactical data links / J. Sorroche -- Standards-based combat simulation initialization using the military scenario definition language (MSDL) / R.L. Wittman -- Multi-resolution combat modeling / M.D. Petty, R.W. Franceschini & J. Panagos -- New challenges : human, social, cultural, and behavioral modeling / S.K. Numrich & P.M. Picucci -- Agent-directed simulation for combat modeling and distributed simulation / G.K. Bharathy & I. Yilmaz -- Uncertainty representation and reasoning for combat models / P.C.G. Costa, H. Herencia-Zapana, K.B. Laskey -- Model-based data engineering for distributed simulations / S.Y. Diallo -- Federated simulation for system of systems engineering / R.H. Kewley & M.D. Wood -- The role of architecture frameworks in simulation models : the human view approach / H.A.H. Handley -- Multinational computer assisted exercises / E. Cayirci.