Slavko ANGELEVSKIa,1
Nevena SERAFIMOVAa,2
Katerina MITKOVSKA-TRENDOVAa,3
a Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" - Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA
Abstract: Information Age brings technologies that provide unparalleled
opportunities for military and security force, including crisis management system, in developing and adopting new operational concepts for training and experimentation that may radically enhance their competitive edge. Advantages of simulations lay in ensuring of a safe training environment, where users are able to play, test and probe while avoiding the hazard of serious consequences.
There is a growing need for preparedness for emergency response both for man-made and natural disaster events. One major challenge is the lack of opportunities to train the emergency responders and the decision makers in dealing with the emergencies. The agencies have tried to meet the need through conducting live exercises, but such events are hard to organize and expensive. Modeling, simulation and visualization techniques can help address many of the crisis management system’s preparedness challenges.
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief inspection of modeling and simulations methodologies and technologies, including computer gaming
1 Correspondent Author: Col. Slavko Angelevski, Ph.D., fultime professor at the Military Academy
"General Mihailo Apostolski" - Skopje, Str. Vasko Karangeleski b.b. 1000 Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA; Email: [email protected]
2 Author: Nevena Serafimova, Ph.D., docent at the Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" -
Skopje, Str. Vasko Karangeleski b.b. 1000 Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA; Email: [email protected]
3 Author: Katerina Mitkovska - Trendova, Ph.D., docent at the Military Academy "General Mihailo
Apostolski" - Skopje, Str. Vasko Karangeleski b.b. 1000 Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA; Email: [email protected]
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8. The International Committee of the Movements for European Unity,
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005-022.326.5:[004.94:355.1(497.1) Original scientific article
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND
METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING AND SIMULATIONS IN CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
Slavko ANGELEVSKIa,1
Nevena SERAFIMOVAa,2
Katerina MITKOVSKA-TRENDOVAa,3
a Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" - Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA
Abstract: Information Age brings technologies that provide unparalleled
opportunities for military and security force, including crisis management system, in developing and adopting new operational concepts for training and experimentation that may radically enhance their competitive edge. Advantages of simulations lay in ensuring of a safe training environment, where users are able to play, test and probe while avoiding the hazard of serious consequences.
There is a growing need for preparedness for emergency response both for man-made and natural disaster events. One major challenge is the lack of opportunities to train the emergency responders and the decision makers in dealing with the emergencies. The agencies have tried to meet the need through conducting live exercises, but such events are hard to organize and expensive. Modeling, simulation and visualization techniques can help address many of the crisis management system’s preparedness challenges.
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief inspection of modeling and simulations methodologies and technologies, including computer gaming
1 Correspondent Author: Col. Slavko Angelevski, Ph.D., fultime professor at the Military Academy
"General Mihailo Apostolski" - Skopje, Str. Vasko Karangeleski b.b. 1000 Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA; Email: [email protected]
2 Author: Nevena Serafimova, Ph.D., docent at the Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" -
Skopje, Str. Vasko Karangeleski b.b. 1000 Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA; Email: [email protected]
3 Author: Katerina Mitkovska - Trendova, Ph.D., docent at the Military Academy "General Mihailo
Apostolski" - Skopje, Str. Vasko Karangeleski b.b. 1000 Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA; Email: [email protected]
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and serious games, and in line with that to emphasize the new approaching to training and education of the personnel in the crisis management system.
Keywords: Modeling, Simulations, Computer Gamming, Serious games,
Education, Training.
Introduction
Modeling, simulation and visualization techniques can help address many of the challenges brought forth by the need for emergency response preparedness. A relevant survey (Jain and McLean 2003) indicates that a number of modeling and simulation applications for analyzing various disaster events exist, which can be brought together for a comprehensive examination of the impact of disaster events.
The role of modeling and simulation (MS) for emergency response has been recognized for decades (see for example, Sullivan 1985). While the earlier literature focused on modeling of the major disaster event itself, current technological developments allow us to envision a systems approach that includes modeling of all major aspects of the disaster event, its impact on population and resources and the response by involved agencies.
The available MS tools for emergency response applications are meant mostly for standalone use. Addressing an emergency incident requires addressing multiple interdependent aspects of the situation. Therefore, the applied MS tools need to be integrated in order to provide the whole picture for planners, trainers, and responders. Furthermore, a framework is required to ensure that these tools can be systematically integrated together to address the overall response (Jain and McLean 2003).4
During emergency training, simulations are used to describe the event, its short-term impact and to prepare the trainees in planning their actions accordingly. If the outputs of modeling and emergency response simulation tools could be brought together to address all aspects of one emergency incident, their value would be enhanced many times.