Simulation in Field Testing.

Clifton C. Lovell

Expert InsightsPublished 1969

An argument for the use of near-real-time computer simulation as an ongoing analytical aid in operational field testing. Test-oriented simulations provide a unique capability for filling in the inevitable gaps in the data, for detecting the most fruitful lines of testing to pursue, for continuing under circumstances that preclude further physical testing, and for reproducing uncapturable conditions for analysis. Specific examples are the RAPID ROGER study of squadron sortie rates achievable in SEA, and a study of proposed V/STOL operations using F-100Ds in the role of V/STOL airframes not yet built. The computer simulation part of the V/STOL test cost one man-year and $12,000 out of the total half-million, yet reduced needed testing by two-fifths. 13 pp. Ref.

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  • Year: 1969
  • Pages: 13
  • Document Number: P-4152

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Lovell, Clifton C., Simulation in Field Testing. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1969. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4152.html.
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