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Recommended practices for homeland security modeling and simulation

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Charles R. McLeanAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '09: Winter Simulation Conference

Pages 2879 - 2890

Published: 13 December 2009 Publication History

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This paper recommends practices for development and deployment of modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) tools for homeland security applications. The proposed set of recommended practices applicable to any MS&A application includes: software engineering practice/software reliability, modeling practice, model confidence/verification, validation and accreditation, standards, interoperability, user friendliness and accessibility, performance, and innovative and unique elements. The recommended practices are discussed with respect to the MS&A application types for U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that include: analysis and decision support, systems engineering and acquisition, planning and operations, and training. The practices are also discussed with respect to MS&A application domains relevant to DHS.

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Bair LTolk AHill RKuhl M(2013)Towards a unified theory of validationProceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference: Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World10.5555/2675983.2676141(1245-1256)Online publication date: 8-Dec-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2675983.2676141

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WSC '09: Winter Simulation Conference

December 2009

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Bair LTolk AHill RKuhl M(2013)Towards a unified theory of validationProceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference: Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World10.5555/2675983.2676141(1245-1256)Online publication date: 8-Dec-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2675983.2676141

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