June 9, 2008

Naval War College

Jon Compton presented his research on Violent Non-State Actors in the Middle East Region at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The two-hour presentation included a Power Point slide show and a discussion on how this research can be applied to wargaming.
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May 23, 2008

Strategicon War College Seminar

Jon Compton presented Violent Non-State Actors in the Middle East. The two-hour presentation was punctuatued by lively discussion of the topic with audience members.
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March 18, 2008

Connections & Modeling and Simulations Conference

Joseph Miranda conducted a one-hour presentation on current design trends in the commercial simulation industry.

Jon Compton presented Testing Deterrence: An Agent Based Modeling Approach on the conference floor. The presentation discussed new research on testing deterrence theory using agent based modeling. Detailed behavioral graphs were presented demonstrating regions of stable and unstable deterrence. The discussion was then followed up by a demonstration of how this research could be used in professional wargaming.
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