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Overview
What you will study
On completion of the War Gaming and Combat Modelling course offered by Cranfield University you will be able to:
- Critically appraise the full range of war games and combat simulations and apply them to defence problem,
- Use the deterministic and stochastic Lanchester equations to represent combat between both homogeneous and heterogeneous forces,
- Use interactive computer based representations of military operations,
- Explain how the different methods of representing the operations of military forces are used in the training, testing and assessment of those forces and their equipment.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- The methods used in modelling combat and their application in support of defence decision making and training,
- Combat simulation,
- War gaming/interactive simulation,
- Lanchester’s equations,
- War gaming and combat modelling in practice,
- Manual war gaming,
- Judgmental and political analysis methods,
- War gaming and combat modelling example studies,
- Mathematical models of combat,
- Human factors representation in war gaming and combat modelling,
- Data acquisition,
- Verification and validation.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- Please enquire for course dates
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Military Science View 23 other Short Courses in Military Science in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is suitable for those requiring a general knowledge of the techniques used in war gaming, combat simulations and analytic battle models.
- It would be highly relevant to weapon system engineers, operational and system analysts and customers of analysis reports and outputs.
Tuition Fee
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International
1925 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1925 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1925 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1925 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
700 - 1300 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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