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This book is not about unconventional conflict but about how to model unconventional conflict. In this chapter, we provide an introduction to unconventional conflict and to modeling. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss each subject in more detail. Chapter 4 discusses the DIME/PMESII paradigm, a critical first step in formally describing unconventional conflict. This is followed by a chapter (Chapter 5) on ontologies, which completes the description. Returning to modeling, the next chapter (Chapter 6) discusses verification, validation, and accreditation, which are necessities for modeling anything, but especially important in modeling unconventional conflict. Chapter 7 sketches the process of modeling unconventional conflict that is now possible because of the holistic ontology described in Chapter 5. The final chapter reviews the contents of the previous chapters and recaps the major points that have been discussed.
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Hartley, D.S. (2017). Introduction. In: Unconventional Conflict. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51935-7_1
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