Research on reliability of Modeling & Simulation Application

Accuracy is only a quality characteristic of modeling & simulation application (MSA), and the characteristics such as reliability, maintainability, usability and safety should be considered. VV&A must be expanded from accuracy-centered assessment to quality-centered assessment. Reliability is an important metrics of product quality, and can be introduced to simulation domain. Firstly, an introduction of the research motivation and an overview of the work on reliability of MSA is given, then the definition of MSA reliability, including its intension, extension, the relationship with VV&A and MSA reliability management is presented, furthermore, the methodology and method of reliability analysis is puts forward, and finally some related issues of MSA reliability are discussed.