Distributed Holistic Bounding: Structuring Testbeds for Emerging Virtual Environments

Abstract

Adequately testing, evaluating and analyzing large, scale-free information systems is very difficult due to the nebulous nature of the systems boundaries and ever-changing number of links and nodes that comprise the overall system. This paper proposed that it is possible to conduct such studies through distributed holistic bounding and employment of disciplined experiment campaigning. Beginning with identification of the overarching purpose of the entire system and identifying the boundaries of the sub-systems that contribute to the overall system's functionality we can develop effective experiments that will identify critical environmental variables that affect system performance. By adhering to an experiment campaign strategy we can discover those variables, develop hypotheses that help determine optimal system configurations and ultimately build and demonstrate that optimal system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464327

Entities

People

  • Steven J. Iatrou

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Coast Guard
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Data Transmission
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Network Science
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Software Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies