Objectives and Capabilities of the System of Systems Survivability Simulation (S4)

Abstract : This technical note documents the development of the System of Systems Survivability Simulation (S4) to date. The objective of S4 is to provide a survivability, lethality, and vulnerability (SLV) methodology that will support system-of-systems (SoS) analysis and the necessary transformation from a Forces-based, materiel-centric Cold War posture to a mission-centric, effects-based asymmetric warfare focus. S4 is focused on the collection of decision-making processes (DMPs) at all levels of the hierarchy and the time-varying interaction with information and knowledge that support the war-fighting capability.