Synthetic psychological environment

In a synthetic environment, synthetic psychological environment (SPE) (or rules of behavior) refers to the representation (i.e. modeling) of influences to individuals and groups as a result of culture (e.g. demography, law, religion)).

Synonyms
SPE is known by many names including:


 * Cultural factors
 * Cultural modeling
 * Human terrain
 * Non-kinetic effects
 * Political, military, economic, social, information, and infrastructure (PMESII)

Models
A few models that represent aspects of SPE are:


 * Joint non-kinetic effects model (JNEM)
 * Simulation of cultural identities for prediction of reactions (SCIPR)
 * Minerva model (i.e. from Minerva Project)
 * Integrated gaming system (IGS)
 * Synthetic environment for analysis and simulations (SEAS)