Determination of the Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Computer Simulation Results

Abstract

For the Air Force to continue developing and acquiring today's highly complex and costly weapon systems, it will have to depend more heavily on computer simulations to fill in where hardware is not available and actual testing cannot be performed. The usefulness of these computer simulations are limited, however, by the degree to which the results are accepted by managers. From a review of the literature, however, it would appear that no previous research has been performed to determine Air Force program managers' perceptions of the acceptability of computer simulation results. In light of that finding, the two objectives of this thesis were to identify the factors affecting the acceptance of computer simulation results by senior program managers within AFSC/ASD and to determine the relative importance of the identified factors. Keywords: Computerized simulation; Air Force procurement; Decision making; Delphi techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215622

Entities

People

  • Thomas K. Wiggs

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Delphi Method
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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