Validating M&S with T&E Data Presentation

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M&S in T&E: Cost Savings or Cost Burden?
- M&S use touted as “saving money in T&E”
- But often it seems to just cost more money
Validation often the sticking point
- How to demonstrate that M&S are “good enough”?
- Validation data often are either not collected, not adequate, or not accurate
OUSD funded SMART* Project developed cost-effective VV&A approach
- Including modelers’ involvement in planning T&E events to support M&S validation
- “Generic M&S Validation Test Plans”