Title :
The Joint Warfare System (JWARS): a modeling and analysis tool for the Defense Department
Author :
Stone, George F., III ; Mcintyre, Gregory A.
Author_Institution :
Joint Warfare Syst. Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Arlington, VA, USA
Abstract :
JWARS (Joint WARfare System) is a campaign-level model of military operations. Its users include the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Staff, the Services and the US Warfighting Commands. Program requirement documents specify an implementation that fosters insight into the cause-and-effect relationships encountered by military forces. JWARS supports multi-billion dollar resource allocation decisions and critical operational planning. As a closed-form analytic simulation, JWARS provides a "balanced" representation of joint (modern) warfare. The simulation is mixed-mode, with models that are stochastic or deterministic. The JWARS program includes the explicit representation of effects and perturbations caused by information operations on command and control systems in military operations. Relying on state-of-the-art uncertainty modeling concepts, JWARS engineers and domain experts have developed high-level abstractions of sensor and communications systems, the related information flows, imperfect perceptions of the battle-space, and command decision-making
Keywords :
command and control systems; digital simulation; government data processing; JWARS; Joint Warfare System; US Department of Defense; balanced representation; campaign-level model; cause-and-effect relationships; closed-form analytic simulation; command and control systems; command decision making; communications systems; critical operational planning; deterministic models; high-level abstractions; imperfect battle-space perception; implementation specification; information flows; information operations; military forces; military operations; mixed-mode simulation; perturbations; program requirement documents; resource allocation decisions; sensor systems; stochastic models; uncertainty modeling; Analytical models; Command and control systems; Computational modeling; Logistics; Military computing; Modems; Resource management; Sensor systems; Stochastic processes; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7307-3
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2001.977356
