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<p>S) deficiencies in  military and organizational societal modeling methods. These deficiencies are even more important today due to  Stability Operations being an extremely prevalent mission for U.S. forces in this century. Research efforts in this  thesis focused on the implementation of three analytic social theory models into the agent-based model (ABM)  Pythagoras 2.0.0, in an effort to provide modeling methodologies for a single simulation tool capable of exploring the  complex world of urban cultural geographies undergoing Stability Operations in an irregular warfare (IW)  environment. While the individual model mappings proved to be somewhat difficult, the consolidation of all three  model mappings into Pythagoras 2.0.0 proved to be infeasible with respect to capturing accurate attitudinal shifts.  Civilian populaces' attitudinal shifts are functions of issues believed important by the various subpopulations  comprising the civilian populaces, experienced influences, economic security, and influence exchange across social  networks. With the use of simulation, statistical analysis, and cultural and societal modeling, this thesis identifies a  major limitation causing significant attitude representation errors within the Pythagoras modeling environment; there  is currently no direct link between experienced influences and attitudinal shifts. Funding has been allotted by TRACMonterey  and the Marine Corps Combat Development Center (MCCDC) in Quantico, Virginia for Northrop  Grumman to implement the recommended modifications provided from this research.
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<br>Subjects: Organizational sociology; Mathematical models; Computer simulation; Sociology, Military; Statistical methods; Sociology</div>
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Ferris, Todd P.</div>
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