In order for standards to be effective, they have to be developed by a consensus of the users. In the case ofstandards for the representation of physical environment data, the users are both Military and Civil andoperate in a range of different domains, from modelling and simulation through to entertainment. TheSEDRIS Organization has recognised the benefits of international, commer...

This paper presents a Quantitative Method of estimating manpower resources for large programming jobs which represents a simple, feasible guideline. The method combines program structural data with historical data on the productivity of programming groups. This data is then adjusted to cover non-programming resource requirements. This is not a precise method and, in fact, it is not as good as a...

As part of its ongoing effort to encourage rapid prototyping within NATO, the Allied Command Transformation Modelling and Simulation Section is actively involved in modelling and simulating at the multinational political/military level. Experimentation with multinational political concepts and at the military strategic level is inherently complicated and sensitive. Simulation can be used to not...