Case Study in Modeling and Simulation Validation Methodology
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Simpkins, Scott D.
Paulo, Eugene P.
Whitaker, Lyn R.
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2001
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Winter 2001
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The military develops simulations to analyze nearly every
aspect of defense. How accurate are these simulations and
to what extent do they produce dependable results? Most
guidance available to DoD analysts provides broad recommendations
geared towards management and coordination
of the validation processes. Here, we focus on practical
validation from the analyst’s perspective in the form of
a case study. The platform used is the theater missile defense
(TMD) aspects of Extended Air Defense Simulation
(EADSIM) and a new simulation called Wargame 2000.
The focus is not to validate Wargame 2000 but to develop
real, usable tools for analysis. Measures of effectiveness
include defense battery search, engagement and intercept
times against threat missiles. Insight is provided into developmental
and data production issues making the validation
process more effective and meaningful.
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Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference
B. A. Peters, J. S. Smith, D. J. Medeiros, and M. W. Rohrer, eds.
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Operations Research
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.