# Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense **Entity class:** National Research Council report **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Definition _**Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense**_ is the National Research Council report that documented a 1996 workshop on the use of entertainment and game-industry capabilities for defense modeling and simulation. It is a direct institutional precursor to the creation of the [[wiki/USC Institute for Creative Technologies|USC Institute for Creative Technologies]]. ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] and [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] and [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - [[wiki/National Research Council 1996 workshop|National Research Council 1996 workshop]] is associated with **Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense**. - **Institutional successor:** [[wiki/USC Institute for Creative Technologies|USC ICT]]. - **methods lineage:** [[wiki/Methods-Transfer Pathway|Methods-Transfer Pathway]] and [[wiki/Stagecraft, Gamecraft, and Tradecraft|Stagecraft, Gamecraft, and Tradecraft]]. - **Source dossier:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]]. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN INTERFACE SOFT SOVEREIGNTY RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 137 — [[wiki/National Research Council 1996 workshop|National Research Council 1996 workshop]] `title` → this entry** — **CORPUS_V**; evidence `CORPUS_MAGIC`. <!-- END INTERFACE SOFT SOVEREIGNTY RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->