Modular Unix(Trade Name)-Based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (MUVES) analyst's Guide
Abstract
Assessments of a target's susceptibility to damage in an encounter with a threat (vulnerability) and the capability of weapon systems to inflict damage on targets (lethality) have been conducted at the Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, for over forty years. Research and data from test firings have been incorporated in a series of computer models that predict the results of target-threat interactions. Prior to the Modular UNIX-based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (MUVES), many computer programs for predicting vulnerability/lethality assessments had evolved with their own blend of specially tailored algorithms and with their own code maintenance requirements. Even though these programs functionally employed many of the same different versions of the same code. In 1985, BRL's Vulnerability/Lethality Division (VLD) initiated discussions to develop an integrated software system for performing vulnerability/lethality assessments. These efforts have resulted in MUVES, a comprehensive software package for vulnerability/lethality analysis. MUVES is written primarily in C for the UNIX operating system environment. MUVES is a flexible platform able to accommodate existing vulnerability methodologies as well as future vulnerability applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA245322
Entities
People
- Gary S. Moss
- Karen R. Murray
- Phillip J. Hanes
- Scott L. Henry
- Wendy A. Winner
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory