This workshop will include a wide range of modeling and simulation (M&S) issues, applications, and communities. The Workshop will include multiple tracks and special sessions addressing simulation interoperability issues and proposed solutions; tutorials on state–of–the–art methodologies, tools, and techniques; and exhibits presenting the latest technological advances. <b>Keywords:</b> Analysis<br>Interoperability issues and uses of distributed models and simulations for analysis purposes, including experiment design and data analysis.<br>Research, Development, and Engineering<br>Interoperability issues and uses of distributed models and simulations for research, development, and engineering purposes.<br>Test and Evaluation<br>Uses of advanced distributed simulation (ADS) in test and evaluation (T&E), including the incorporation of live entities with virtual and constructive simulations, and with linking historically standalone T&E facilities into distributed simulations.<br>Training and Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)<br>Use of simulations that provide individual, sub–team, and team training to system operators, team leaders, tactical decision makers, and other hands–on users, as well as higher echelon military staffs or their civilian equivalents. Issues of ADL as it applies to the M&S community, including the Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) and the education, training, and performance support needs and requirements of users and implementers of ADL technologies.<br>Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA) and Product Development<br>Integration and reuse of distributed models and simulations for the entire system/product life cycle, as well as the interoperability of systems of systems. Subjects include policy and process approaches, establishment of business cases for M&S and solutions to intellectual property issues, and the value of standards, information sharing, reuse, collaboration, and work force perspectives.<br>Specialty Area Forums include:<br>Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Modeling of C4ISR systems and information operations, development of tactical decision aids, and stimulation of live systems. Use of C4ISR data models, software components and architectures in models and simulations. Real–world applications that show interoperability solutions between C4ISR architectures and M&S architectures. Proposals for migration and overarching approaches, such as commercial information technology standards, for interoperability.<br>Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure<br>Technologies that support interoperation and run–time execution of distributed simulations. Topics include performance data, implementation and design details, usage strategies, networking techniques, fault tolerance, security considerations, and middleware or other frameworks for constructing, utilizing, or extending simulation infrastructure.<br>Distributed Simulation Development Process<br>Developing a generalized system engineering process for constructing and executing distributed simulations. Includes ″lessons learned″ solutions from creating real–world, useful M&S applications, including problems of integration, scalability, reuse, robustness, and effectiveness.<br>Exercise Management<br>Tools for automating various aspects of the Federation Development Process, including exercise planning, initialization, monitoring, runtime controls, data collection and analysis, visualization, and after–action review.<br>Human Decision–Making and Behavior Representation<br>Issues that influence the representation of humans in models and simulations, ranging from providing appropriate interfaces to live humans so that they may act as entities in simulations to automating human decision–making processes.<br>Logistics and Enterprise Models<br>Simulations of supply chains, logistics management processes, logistics policies, and enterprise process simulations. The latter include executable models of work flow, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and customer, patient, crowd, or traffic flow.<br>Sensor Modeling and Simulation<br>Simulation of environmental effects on sensor systems, issues pertaining to the simulation of sensor systems, and the incorporation of sensor system simulations into other simulations.<br>Simulated Natural Environment<br>Multi–domain use and reuse of digital representations of the natural environment, including land, oceanic, atmospheric, and space data.<br>Vehicle/Weapon System Modeling<br>Development and reuse of weapon/vehicle system simulations, including space, air, ground, and sea environments.<br>Verification, Validation & Accreditation<br>Methodologies, procedures, and associated techniques for establishing the credibility of federations.
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