The Fidelity Enhancement Process

Abstract

This study addresses the issues concerning the upgrade and reuse of computer simulation models and presents a comprehensive methodology-The Fidelity Enhancement Process-for conducting a model upgrade. Recent advances in software technology-specifically object-oriented programming and open architecture system development-have made this process feasible and provide unprecedented opportunities for model reuse. The Fidelity Enhancement Process was developed and applied to the Marine Corps Communication Architecture Analysis Model (MCCAAM) during its upgrade. MCCAAM simulates Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) single-channel communications architectures. MCCAAM was modified to evaluate architecture performance under different allocations of next-generation radios to units in the MAGTF, where the performance of an allocation was tactically driven.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245388

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Chase Vii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Marine Corps
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Product Prototyping
  • Programming Languages
  • Reliability
  • Risk Management
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Software Engineering.