View From the Top: Military Challenges for the Simulation Community

The Department of Defense (DoD) has become increasingly reliant on models and in particular on simulation models. The military-defense establishment and its combat-preparation orientation is one of the most complex systems in existence, particularly in the extremely dynamic modern world. Simulation models form the basis for analyses spanning issues ranging from force structuring to acquisition prioritization. These analyses, and the subsequent decisions they support, mold and shape the DoD thereby influencing the posture of the US defense establishment. This panel brings together a set of the military's influential decision makers directly involved in the development and use of simulation models. The panel will discuss their cur-rent and anticipated needs for the future of simulation and pose the challenges the simulation community must meet to ensure those future needs are met.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: WSC
• Authors: Gregory A. McIntyre, Raymond R. Hill
• Keywords: Analyses Spanning Issues, Dynamic Modern World, Modeling And Simulation, Simulation Models, WSC 2004