#Distributed Interactive Simulation: The Missing Handbook

1. Intro
   • DIS Background
   • DIS History
2. DOD Modeling and Simulation Standards
   • DIS
   • HLA
   • TENA
   • What is standardized?
   • Philosophy: partial implementations of DIS abound
3. Live, Virutal, Constructive
   • Example DIS applications
     • Situational awareness: maps
     • Simulation interoperability
     • Virtual Worlds
     • Analysis: Recording and Playback
   • Virtual World Issues
     • Coordinate Systems
     • Identifiers
     • Networks
     • Timestamps
     • Latency
     • Semantics (Entity Type, etc)
     • Entity Discovery
     • Scalability
     • Dead Reckoning
     • Gateways
4. DIS Implementations
5. PDUs: Exchanging State Information
   • UDP Socket Programming
   • Sending State Updates with Entity State PDUs
   • Combat: Fire and Detonation PDUs
   • Intercom: Voice Communications
   • Electronic Warfare
6. Technology
   • Web
     • Websockets
     • WebRTC