Force Flexibility Modelling in BactoWars

Force flexibility is often referred to when considering the effectiveness of a force. Flexibility is all too often loosely defined and illcommunicated due to the number of factors involved and the nature of the English language. During the Army Experimental Framework Experiment Headline 2006 a key variable in determining a forces ability to continue its mission was the flexibility of the force and its sub-elements. In an attempt to harden our collective definition of flexibility and provide a starting point to improve the flexibility of forces through modelling and simulation, the Flexibility model was developed in the BactoWars Agent Based Simulation. In the past we have captured qualitatively the definition of flexibility, and whilst we will try to do so again, this quantitative method attempts to provide a more rigorous support to our analytical findings and provide us the communication medium to improve our definition of what makes a force flexible.