Preliminary Analysis/Review Review of Sensor Engineering Simulations (cont’d)
Overall Approach to M&S
- World Represented at Sufficient Level of Realism for Accurate Illumination to Assess Critical Issues for Model Being Executed
M&S Components
- Targets / Natural Backgrounds
- Physical characteristic (e.g. size, shape, surface orientation / emissivity / reflectivity) represented at spatial and spectral resolution levels sufficient to generate multispectral signatures
- Sensor-Environment Interaction
- Models of sensor systems generate system performance output to illuminate critical engineering issues (e.g. target probability of detection)
- Representation of World Changes Over Space and Time
- e.g. Sensor platform motion & duty cycle, time varying terrain (diurnal thermal changes), and atmospheric (weather) effects
Current M&S Synthetic Environments Significantly Limited for Sensor Engineering Models