Verification and Validation

Principles of Modeling and Simulation: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 121-149

  Petty, Mikel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Performing verification and validation; Simulation project and verification and validation; Turing Test informal validation method in validating models of human behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889440676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470403563.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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