A Capability-Based, Meta-Model Approach to Combatant Ship Design

Abstract

This thesis continues to develop a conceptual methodology for the design of a warship that is capable of showing how naval architecture related decisions interact with operational measures of effectiveness through the use of modeling and simulation. Beginning with a brief overview of recent developments in total ship design approaches, it supports an overarching method that directly supports capability-based decisions. Using a simple medium-tonnage patrol vessel and a Maritime Intercept Operation (MIO) mission in a fictional setting, operational and ship design synthesis models are developed. Critical design criteria (responses) in each model are measured using relevant design variables (factors) based on mission measures of performance used in creating experimental designs. The resulting models are then linked, both mathematically and using graphs, to show how decisions made by the naval architect can directly influence a single operational measure of effectiveness. Decision makers can then assess various system outcomes by trading off performance parameters to make capabilitybased decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA544013

Entities

People

  • Jason Fox

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Experimental Design
  • Hulls (Marine)
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Models
  • Naval Architecture
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Radar
  • Ship Design
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).