ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Fueled by globalization and urbanization, megacities are extreme exemplars of complex operational environments by virtue of their size, density, complexity, and dynamism. These likely epicenters of future instability make them probable locations of future military operations by the United States and coalition forces for missions such as humanitarian assistance and counterinsurgency. A new vision, expeditionary modeling, rapidly brings to bear dynamic, heterogeneous ensembles of data, computational models, and subject matter expertise to understand and predict the (in)direct effects of courses of action on the urban and human terrains of dense urban areas. This chapter presents the benets, the challenges, and supporting multidisciplinary research for this vision.
