Understanding Joint Warfighting Experiments

Abstract

In October 1998 the United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) established a Joint Warfighting Experimentation program to support Joint Concept Development. Experimentation is the unique scientific method for establishing whether hypothesized concepts are causally related to warfighting effects. The strengths and weaknesses of different warfighting experiment venues -constructive simulation experiments, human-in-the-loop simulation experiments, war game experiments, and field experiments-can be described in terms of their ability to meet three requirements for a successful experiment: detecting a change in the effect, identifying the cause of the change, and the ability to relate the change to real operations. A concept experimentation strategy can capitalize on the inherent strengths of these different experiment venues during different stages of concept development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 2001
Accession Number
ADA406340

Entities

People

  • Richard. A. Kass

Organizations

  • United States Joint Forces Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Data Analysis
  • Defense Planning
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Experimental Design
  • Flight Simulators
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Exercises
  • Military Operations
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Games

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design