To that end, aspects such as timing, data for-
mat, shared information, and the orchestration of the
involved software had to be considered. Synchro-
nizing these software was crucial so that the model
could take into account communication and decision-
making factors, while the database assured the evalu-
ation and register of these factors for further analysis
and comparison as well as the build of the case study.
Due to the success of this work, further develop-
ments are expected to communications and decision-
making. This includes the testing of new network
paradigms (such as ICN, DTN) and the addition of
new elements to influence the behavior of agents (e.g.
limited resources, enemies, etc.).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This study was financed in part by CAPES - Brazil
- Finance Code 001 and in part by CNPq - Brazil,
Projects 309505/2020-8. We also thank the Brazilian
Army via the research project S2C2, ref. 2904/20.
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