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Applying a FEDEP VV&A overlay to the MALO project using the REVVA VV&A process

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Mark Espenant,

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SCSC '08: Proceedings of the 2008 Summer Computer Simulation Conference

Article No.: 19, Pages 1 - 11

Published: 16 June 2008 Publication History

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The Maritime Air Littoral Operations (MALO) technology demonstration project, conducted by Defence R&D Canada, featured medium and high-fidelity models and virtual simulations in a distributed federation for the analysis of maritime doctrine and tactics, created using the Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP). The clients previously used live experimentation for this purpose; for client acceptance it was critical that the MALO system be able to conduct doctrine and tactics analysis using accurate representations of existing and potential maritime systems and scenario.

The NATO M&S Group in cooperation with the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) created a VV&A overlay for the FEDEP, and a common VV&A process for Modelling and Simulation (M&S) was created by the European REWA government and industry consortium. MALO VV&A was conducted using an amalgamation of these processes, including creating Target of Acceptance and Target of V&V diagrams, creation of a V&V plan, and tracking of the results, using the Assurance and Safety Case Environment (ASCE software).

This paper reports the planning and results of the MALO VV&A, primarily from the perspective of the effectiveness of the NATO/SISO VV&A and REWA processes and ASCE software. The paper includes practical advice on the conduct of W&A using the processes, overview of the functionality and limitations of ASCE, lessons learned, and further development recommendations.

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SCSC '08: Proceedings of the 2008 Summer Computer Simulation Conference

June 2008

525 pages

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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Society for Modeling & Simulation International

Vista, CA

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Published: 16 June 2008

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