1、continuedTECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS:Framework for M&S-Based System Development and Testing in a Net-Centric EnvironmentBernard P.Zeigler,Ph.D.University of Arizona,Tucson,and Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and SimulationDale FultonJoint Interoperability Test Command(JITC),Fort Huachuca,Arizo
2、naPhil Hammonds,Ph.D.Northrop Grumman Information Technology,JITC,Fort Huachuca,ArizonaJames Nutaro,Ph.D.Oak Ridge National Laboratory,Oak Ridge,TennesseeDepartment ofDefense(DoD)acquisition policy requires testing throughout the systems development process to ensure notonly technical certification
3、but also mission effectiveness.Complexity within each new system,as well as composition intofamilies-of-systems and systems-of-systems,combines with the extensive use of simulation in the design phase to multiplythe challenges over traditional interoperability testing methodologies and processes.Thi
4、s paper presents a new methodologyand process that integrates system development and testing intended to address the new challenges.The approach goes beyondcurrent software development paradigms in that it rests upon and exploits dynamic systems theory,a modeling and simu-lation(M&S)framework,and mo