Methodology for Systems Analysis of MALLARD Communication System. Volume V: Simulation Methodology.

Abstract

The Simulation Methodology provides in FORTRAN 4 Language the necessary executive routines, subroutines, and modular subroutines necessary for a detailed event-by-event simulation of the flow of traffic between Field Army units and headquarters in support of military missions. It is possible to adjust equipment and subsystem configurations, change routing, change traffic characteristics of links, and provide meaningful network simulation. It simulates speed of message delivery, capacity, reliability, outages (arising from failures, damage or jamming), error rate, grade of service, backlogs, etc. It is capable of simulating a communications system engineered for each mission as well as tagged messages in each tactical function along with the computed volume of background traffic. The output will include communications effectiveness indices. Procedures to be followed for the efficient use of the Simulation Methodology are provided. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0852588

Entities

People

  • E. D. Northrop
  • J. L. Piazza
  • J. N. Orton
  • P. K. Degonia
  • R. D. Farnan

Organizations

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Executives
  • Field Army
  • Language
  • Network Simulation
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Systems Analysis

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Science.