Application of Object-Oriented Programming to Combat Modeling and Simulation
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DOD) has defined modeling and simulation as an area of technology critical to long-term U.S. national security. Research in this area by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL) has included the development of the Force Structure Tradeoff Analysis Model (FSTAM) combat engineering modeling and simulation program for the U.S. Army Engineer School (USAES). Recent advances in object-oriented programming and hypertext systems have helped stimulate interest is upgrading FSTAM. As part of a separate-but-related initiative, Analysis Command of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) sponsored the development of ModSim, an object- oriented programming language for simulation applications. This language was recognized as a highly valuable tool for application in the planned upgrade of FSTAM. This report describes USACERL's application of object-oriented programming techniques to the development of combat simulations-specifically, combat engineer functional representations. Included is discussion of current research prototypes of FSTAM 2.0 and an enhanced version of ModSim.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA242673
Entities
People
- Charles Herring
- David Adams
- Jeffrey Wallace
- R. A. Whitehurst
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory