DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY


2003 Directed Energy Modeling & Simulation Conference
Short Courses
25 March 2003 Albuquerque, New Mexico

These short courses were offered in conjunction with the Directed Energy Modeling & Simulation Conference.

Verification, Validation and Accreditation of Models & Simulations

Instructors:

  • Mr. Patrick M. Cannon, The AEgis Technologies Group, Inc
  • Dr. James M. Skinner, The AEgis Technologies Group, Inc
The AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. has been offering a two-day, practical Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Course to aid professionals of all disciplines in ensuring the quality of their M&S environment for the past five years. Leveraging its extensive training experience in High Level Architecture, and using Department of Defense VV&A guidance coupled with industry best practices, AEgis has developed a computer-based training course to address many of the questions that arise when M&S is used in critical applications. The goal of the two-day course is to prepare one to make informed and independent judgments about the credibility of M&S being used in any program.

For this conference, AEgis is presenting a four-hour tutorial covering the basics of VV&A using excerpts from their two-day course. The course will present the definitions of verification, validation, and accreditation and discuss their relationship to M&S credibility. It will focus on accreditation process development and applying a systems engineering process for VV&A planning and programming. Additionally, recommended V&V techniques and their appropriate uses will be presented.

The tutorial uses state-of-the-art, computer-based multimedia presentations to illustrate M&S VV&A in an easy-to-understand manner. Each multimedia presentation is followed by discussions to encourage communications and facilitate the exchange of information of most value to the participants.

Modeling and Simulation in System Acquisition

Instructor: Dr. Sam Blankenship, DEPS

The applications of modeling and simulation (M&S) in system acquisition are extremely broad and range from initial requirements definition and Analysis of Alternative studies through detailed system design to test & evaluation planning and support. The M&S appropriate to each application vary greatly in scope, detail, and accuracy. This short course reviews M&S features and discusses M&S applications throughout the acquisition process. DOD guidance regarding M&S as applied to system acquisition decisions is discussed. The course is a basic introduction, intended for technical and management personnel who seek to gain an appreciation for the roles of M&S in DOD systems development.

 
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