Accession Number:

AD0694905

Title:

PROCEDURES AND STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY OF MODEL VALIDATION

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Arrison, III, James M.

Report Date:

1969-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

51.0

Abstract:

Determining the effectiveness of a computer simulation model in duplicating a desired real world phenomenon is an important unsolved problem. The purpose of this paper is to model the validation procedure in a broad context and develop a general methodology for the statistical part of validation. A procedure calling on utility, decision, simulation, and statistical theories is developed. The goals of statistical testing are presented, and the assumptions, properties, and results of several parametric and nonparametric tests are discussed and compared.

Descriptors:

• *MODEL THEORY
• *SUBMARINES
• SIMULATION
• DETECTION
• DECISION THEORY
• STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
• SAMPLING
• THESES
• STATISTICAL TESTS

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE