Verification & validation in military simulations

The verification and validation (VV however, significant differences exist. Military simulations are often large, extremely complex production systems, in which the initial conditions provide the driving force and the transients are the elements of interest. The difficulties of performing the V&V and the lack of understanding of the realities being modeled have led to fears that the costs of V&V would greatly outweigh any benefits. Despite these fears, the current Defense Department requirement for the verification, validation and accreditation (VV&A) of simulations and the desires of modelers and users for useful simulations are generating a considerable body of experience in the actual V&V of military simulations. 1 BACKGROUND

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