ABSTRACT
In the current global security environment, the success of operations increasingly depends on leveraging all instruments of national and international power in a coherent fashion. Such a "comprehensive approach to operations" (CA) involves coordinated and coherent action by multiple operational entities that may include national/international government agencies, militaries, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and other actors. We review the history of theCA and related concepts, identify core technical challenges associated with effective implementation of a CA, discuss ways that computational modeling may be leveraged to address those challenges, review selected initiatives and tools that are helping develop models and tools that may be useful in supporting the CA, and identify key science and technology gaps.
