Integrated Survivability Assessment

Abstract

This report describes the Integrated Survivability Assessment (ISA) methodology, which provides a practical, simple process for assessing the survivability of integrated systems (systems of systems), systems, and/or subsystems with respect to the integrated threat spectrum and/or to individual threats. ISA methodology applies classical systems engineering analysis work breakdown structure processes to formulate an analysis matrix-of-matrices, which enables a roll-up aggregation of results to any analysis level desired. ISA addresses the analysis of both weapon and countermeasure effects, equivalently, as well as considers operational environment effects (natural and manmade), and for the first time, provides systems analysts with a common/unified survivability assessment integration methodology for these diverse areas. The primary enabling factor facilitating this integrated approach to survivability assessment is the employment of a common Vulnerability Risk Assessment methodology for all threat effect survivability analyses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422333

Entities

People

  • Gary L. Guzie

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Command And Control
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineering
  • Integrated Systems
  • Munitions
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vulnerability
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design