2017 I/ITSEC - 8250

Fundamentals of Modeling and Simulation (Room S320GH)

This tutorial has been designed by a team of subject matter experts to prepare attendees to understand the scope of I/ITSEC presentations and demonstrations. It provides definitions of widely-used technical terms, while explaining the range and types of models and simulations that are commonly applied in the M&S domain. The tutorial reviews fundamental simulation support technologies, major simulation architectures (HLA, TENA, DIS), the basics of instructional design, a description of the major standards and best practices available for use across the M&S problem space, and a brief presentation of resources that can provide further information. The tutorial introduces several topics that are examined more extensively in other tutorials. The tutorial is designed to be technically focused and is not intended to overview management or governance of M&S within the U.S. DoD.