Simulation verification, validation, and accreditation

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-367

  Youngblood, Simone M ^a   Pace, Dale K ^a   Eirich, Peter L ^a   Gregg, Donna M ^a   Coolahan, James E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACCREDITATION; SIMULATION VERIFICATION; SYSTEM ACQUISITION; VALIDATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0034226043     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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