Maritime Operations Simulation Model: Search and Rescue (SAR) Application Report

Abstract

The Search and Rescue (SAR) application is a modeling effort that was conducted in conjunction with the development of the Coast Guard's Maritime Operations Simulation (MarOpsSim) tool. The main objective of the MarOpsSim project is to create an affordable, internally sustainable, simulation modeling tool which can be applied to multiple Coast Guard mission areas. This SAR application work supported the initial development of MarOpsSim and begins to address an identified lack of analysis tools available for conducting operational effectiveness studies in SAR. Presently, no suitable modeling and analysis tools exist to study various alternatives and possibilities for improved search planning models, technology, tactics and doctrine. This work seeks to exercise MarOpsSim and provides a simulation baseline for conducting future SAR mission analysis studies. Results reported herein show that MarOpsSim can effectively be configured for the analysis of the SAR mission when detection capabilities, expressed as a lateral range curve, are assumed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367771

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Coast Guard Personnel
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Search And Rescue
  • Simulations
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Standards
  • Target Detection
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security