A Methodology for Conducting Composite Behavior Model Verification in a Combat Simulation

Abstract

The United States Army's One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) Objective System (OOS) is the next generation of Army high resolution combat models. Its development has leveraged the ever-increasing computing power available today to represent highly complex battlefield phenomena, particularly human behavior. In the fall of 2005, the Product Manager (PM) OneSAF asked us to conduct a verification of the orderable, composite behavior models within OOS. As a result, we developed and executed a unique process to verify those behaviors under tight resource constraints. Our methodology and test designs allowed us to evaluate the behaviors thoroughly with a minimum number of scenarios. Based upon our work, we were able to verify a number of composite behaviors and to provide valuable feedback to the PM OneSAF. In this paper, we provide an overview of the problem, a description of the methodology we developed, and a summary of our challenges and results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA506875

Entities

People

  • Eric S. Tollefson
  • Harold M. Yamauchi
  • Jeffrey B. Schamburg

Organizations

  • United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Procurement
  • Cognition
  • Combat Simulations
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Validation
  • Verification
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design