Systems Engineering Initiatives for Verification, Validation and Accreditation of DoD Models and Simulations

Abstract

The military's acquisition program decision support relies on credible modeling and simulation (M&S). This briefing looks at risk-based Verification, Validation, & Accreditation (VV&A). The purpose of this effort is to improve Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) by establishing an effective risk-based methodology for VV&A. Since the cost of verifying and validating simulations is often high, V&V investments should be weighed against the risk of making a bad decision because of unreliable M&S results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 2010
Accession Number
ADA546879

Entities

People

  • Philomena M. Zimmerman

Organizations

  • Office of the Director

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Command And Control
  • Communities
  • Complex Systems
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Technology
  • Engineering
  • Flight Testing
  • Lessons Learned
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Universities
  • Validation
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.