Expanding the Trade Space: An Analysis of Requirements Tradeoffs Affecting System Design

Abstract

The Department of Defense Simulation-Based Acquisition (SBA) initiative focuses on identifying opportunities to improve materiel procurement by using information technologies to increase military utility, decrease life cycle costs, and decrease the time to develop and field the system. Implementing this initiative requires identifying the necessary analysis tools, constructing a collaborative environment, and developing a method to make timely decisions based on the results of the analysis. This paper focuses on the latter two components. In particular, it analyzes the opportunities to implement the SBA initiative during the development and analysis of the system's requirements trade space. The authors present a methodology for a holistic approach to determining the system's requirements. This methodology seeks to use models and simulations to support decisions that occur throughout the system's life cycle while in the system's concept development phase and then revisit these decisions as the program matures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA488461

Entities

People

  • Mark J. Davis
  • Mark W. Brantley
  • Willie J. Mcfadden

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Artillery
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Force Structure
  • Indirect Fire
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States Military Academy

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space