@article{849,
  keywords = {Interagency, JIM, Joint and Multinational, Modeling and Simulation, management, strategy, analysis, Business Plan, Irregular Warfare, Global War On Terror, GWOT, security, SSTR, Stability, Transition and Reconstruction},
  author = {Thomas Allen},
  title = {US Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation: New Approaches and Initiatives},
  abstract = {<p>In order to more effectively analyze strategic, force structure, and sys­tems choices associated with the national security environment of the 21st Century, the US Department of Defense is attempting to improve its approach to the devel­opment, management and application of Modeling and Simulation (M&amp;S). It has established a new structure to oversee and integrate M&amp;S activity and directed DoD communities to develop internal business plans to focus that effort. The Analysis Community has responded by identifying desired analytic M&amp;S goals, measuring current capabilities, prioritizing capability gaps, and then outlining potential solu­tions. These activities are being captured as part of an analysis M&amp;S business plan product and process. This paper notes that a key desired outcome is improved M&amp;S to address three areas of particular concern: Irregular Warfare and the Global War on Terror; Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction operations; and Joint, Interagency, and Multinational operations. In these areas, the Department is seeking a broad, collaborative approach to engage interagency and allied partners in devel­oping and using new analytic approaches and tools.</p>},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {Information & Security: An International Journal},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {32-48},
  month = {2009},
  doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/isij.2304},
  language = {eng},
}