Analysis, Analysis Practices, and Implications for Modeling and Simulation

Paul K. Davis, Amy Henninger

Expert InsightsPublished Apr 9, 2007

The Department of Defense’s modeling and simulation (M&S) should help find strategies that are flexible, adaptive, and robust; M&S should also deal well with complex warfare. Current M&S need to be augmented with a family-of-tools approach that includes human war gaming, man-in-the-loop simulations, simplified models and exploratory analysis, and high-resolution work on selected issues. Investment priorities should include integrative reviews to improve the base of knowledge, as well as a number of specific methods such as agent-based modeling and methods for representing network-centric operations.

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