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Modeling and simulation (M&S) of network-centric military systems poses significant technical challenges. A network-centric military system (also known as network-centric operations, network-centric warfare or FORCEnet) is a system of systems aligning and integrating other systems such as battlefields, computers, databases, mobile devices, people (users), processes, satellites, sensors, warriors, shooters, and weapons into a globally networked distributed complex system. Characteristics of a network-centric military system are described using a layered architecture. Challenges for M&S of network-centric military systems are presented. The paper focuses on the quality assessment challenge and advocates the use of a quality model with four perspectives: product, process, project, and people. A hierarchy of quality indicators is presented for network-centric military system M&S. An approach is described for conducting collaborative assessment of M&S quality using the quality indicators.
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Balci, O., Ormsby, W.F. (2006). Quality Assessment of Modeling and Simulation of Network-Centric Military Systems. In: Nejat Ince, A., Topuz, E. (eds) Modeling and Simulation Tools for Emerging Telecommunication Networks. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34167-6_19
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