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The DoD has outlined a Strategic Vision and goals for DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S). One of the goals is to "Promote the sharing of tools, data, and information across the DoD Enterprise," to enable reuse and interoperability of models, simulations, and associated data. Providing visibility into the Modeling & Simulation (M&S) resources across the DoD Read More
The Standard Wargame Integration Facilitation Toolkit (SWIFT), an Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE) product, provides a computer environment that supports Department of Defense (DoD) wargaming. SWIFT complements, but does not substitute for good wargaming practices. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work Read More
Introduction The United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the military services have employed wargaming for well over a century to prepare for war and other operations. The Naval War College first employed naval wargames in the late 19th century at the tactical and strategic levels. During the period between world wars, Plan Orange wargaming at the Read More
If you deal in computer models and simulations (M&S), and you aim to support wargaming, you need to understand what type of wargame you are supporting, and you need to understand the wargame’s purpose. This article is about understanding those two aspects of M&S support to wargaming: wargame type and wargame purpose. The first thing you need to do Read More
Greetings, Welcome to this special modeling and simulation (M&S) edition of the Journal of Cyber Security & Information Systems, published by the Cyber Security & Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC). This edition focuses on wargaming, a key cylinder of the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) innovative engine. The Department Read More
One of the goals of the DoD Net Centric vision is to provide visibility into the Modeling & Simulation (M&S) resources across the DoD enterprise. In order to manage and employ M&S capabilities effectively, senior leaders and managers must have visibility into the DoD's M&S portfolio; organizations supported by M&S need visibility into Read More
The use of live field testing for new data links, protocols, waveforms, radios, and algorithms is the traditional best-practice. With that said, the cost, time, effort and complexity involved in large-scale field tests often makes these tests unaffordable to many levels of testers. A glaring example is the gap that exists between basic research algorithm Read More
This special edition of the CSIAC Journal focuses on Modeling & Simulation. In coordination with the Defense Modeling & Simulation Coordination Office, the current state of M&S across the US Defense Community is presented to our readers to raise awareness and to encourage interest. We hope you enjoy it. Read More
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) users who require complex M&S typically do not have a long lifecycle for an experiment, analysis initiative or simulation-based event. To reduce cost, they need to use well-established simulation architectures and robust models that are easy to integrate with other simulations. This desire for a short lead time for Read More
Let’s discuss what DOD Modeling & Simulation (M&S) can learn about education from the commercial gaming world. There are occasions when we in DOD look at the commercial gaming industry as if we’re kids with our faces pressed against a candy store’s window. In many instances, fundamental differences between DOD and the private sector prevent us Read More
