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This paper discusses the possible use of the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE) to inform engineering accreditation efforts. The paper is organized as follows: The first section provides background on the genesis of GRCSE. The second section discusses the status of accreditation of systems engineering in the United States and Europe. The third section discusses the objectives, outcomes, and core body of knowledge contained in GRCSE. The last section concludes with a discussion of how the GRCSE work might be expected to influence future accreditation.

The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2011.00337.x An earlier nonparametric statistical study of GE F414 engine removals from operational F/A-18 aircraft in US Navy service provided insights into the lifetime patterns of engine removals for various causes. Inspection of the estimated hazard function for engine removals for foreign object damage (FOD) suggested that a parametric analysis using Erlang distributions might be fruitful, bolstered by a hypothesized relevance to the maintenance procedures governing engine removals for this cause, and their outcomes. The objective was both a better model to forecast engine removals and to provide insight into the number of FOD incidents it took to drive an engine removal. Gamma and Erlang distributions did better fit the removals data and provide a tool for predicting engine removals, aircraft availability impact, and the resultant maintenance workload. A parametric model using a cascade of Erlang functions was developed to simulate the combined FOD/line maintenance process, which provides insight into the outcomes expected under reasonable simplifying assumptions. This model predicts that the key research issue, the probability that a typical FOD event prompts a removal, cannot be estimated from engine removals data alone. Field data must be collected to gain understanding of the underlying frequency of FOD and the utility of the present inspection criteria.

Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is used throughout DoD system development and acquisition to improve and lend confidence to the decisions made by program developers and leadership. In order to realize the benefits of M&S, the DoD acquisition workforce must understand the available tools. The DoD Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office recognized a need to educate the acquisition workforce. To meet this need, the Naval Postgraduate School partnered with six universities recognized for their prominence in M&S education. We developed 16 full academic courses, two resident short courses, ten online courses, 11 standalone case studies, an updated Acquisition Managerâ s Guide to M&S, and a longitudinal assessment plan for evaluating the courses over the long term. All of these materials are intended for broad distribution in the public domain to maximize their usefulness. This report describes these products in detail.

This report was prepared for CAPT Mike Lilienthal, PhD, CPE, and funded by ASN (RDA) CHENG and the Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO). This technical report presents the deliverables for calendar year 2007 for the "Educating the Modeling and Simulation Workforce" project performed for the DoD Modeling and Simulation Steering Committee. It includes the results for spirals one and two. Spiral one is an analysis of the educational needs of the program manager, systems engineer, and test and evaluation workforces against a set of educational skill requirements developed by the project team. This is referred to as the 'learning matrix'. Spiral two is a set of module and course matrices, along with delivery options, that meets the educational needs indentified in spiral one. This is referred to as the 'learning architecture'. Supporting materials, such as case studies and a handbook, are included. These documents serve as the design framework for spirals three and four, to be completed in CY2008, and which involve the actual production and testing of the courses in the learning architecture and their longitudinal assessment. This report includes the creative work of a seven university consortium and a group of M&S stake-holders, together comprising over 60 personnel. ASN (RDA) CHENG and the Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO). This report was prepared for CAPT Mike Lilienthal, PhD, CPE, and funded by ASN (RDA) CHENG and the Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO).

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www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:MeyerInst@nps.navy.mil Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CA Articles including Digitizing High-rate Signals with Affordable Hardware, Maritime Domain Protection Task Force Hosts Symposium in August, and Chair of Undersea Warfare, VADM Roger Bacon, USN (ret.) Reports... Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

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CGF Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation This paper presents two important interoperability issues for computer-generated forces. The first is fundamental and concerns the inconsistent representation of interfiring times of direct-fire weapons in ground combat in entity-level (i.e. discrete-event) and aggregated-force (with attrition modeled by Lanchester-type equations) combat simulations. The second is behavioral and again concerns inconsistent representation of platform-level command and control in such combat in entity-level and aggregated-force simulations. This second inconsistency concerns combatsystem behavior in acquiring and attacking (i.e. firing at) enemy systems, i.e. whether or not new targets can be acquired while an enemy target is being engaged. Computational evidence of the seriousness of the consequences of such inconsistencies on simulation output is presented. This paper shows how they can be avoided by appropriate mathematical modeling of Lanchester attrition-rate coefficients in aggregated-force combat simulations. Without such modeling, however, fundamental inconsistencies (with significant consequences) currently exist between all entity-level and aggregated-force combat simulations.