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Accession Number:
ADA379388
Title:
Parsing SMART: What Are the Pieces and How Do They Fit Together?
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Corporate Author:
ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITYABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
Report Date:
1999-10-01
Pagination or Media Count:
33.0
Abstract:
Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements, and Training SMART is an Army activity to bring the benefits of computer simulation to all phases of materiel modernization from pre-Milestone I to post-Miles tone HI analyses. Given the extent and nature of submodels somehow enveloped in this totality, key issues are raised concerning disparate versus redundant submodels, compatibility and granularity of metrics, submodel integration, maintenance of proper event causality, and establishment of a rational sequence for model instantiation. A framework developed previously for vulnerabilitylethality VL studies is expanded. This framework separates metrics according to platform component integrity, platform aggregate capabilities, and platform battlefield utilities. In addition, a change operator that can modify the status of the platform component capabilities is defined. This operator can represent not only ballistic, live-fire events as previously exploited, but also other causes of component breakage and repair as required. Also, each metric class is connected via an operator that reflects intrinsic platform variables as well as external environmental and utility factors. Using this taxonomy, existing models can be parsed according to the particular functionss they perform. The ability of various submodels to work seamlessly can be assessed, and the proper sequencing of events can be assured.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
