The Case for Establishing System Engineering Guidelines that Address Entity Observables Enhancers

摘要

The paper describes the importance of establishing System Engineering guidelines for the analysis of the fitness of a simulation for an intended use (e.g. Mission Rehearsal). The stimulus for the guidelines is the consideration of coupling real C4I systems with simulated sensor and weapons systems. Sensor system simulations must augment the data provided by entity level simulations in order to provide sensor stimulus 'observables' and meet the information content requirements of the C4I systems. The use of the 'enhancers' can introduce inconsistencies and inefficiencies that make a simulation suite unsuitable for an intended training use.