Evaluating alternative air defense architectures

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Evaluating alternative air defense architectures

Gandee, P.L. / Gray, M.D. / Sweet, R.

The modular command and control evaluation structure (MCES) is a structured approach for evaluating C² systems as they are described within architectures. It integrates the operational users' and analytic communities' efforts to evaluate and find the scope of C² problems with standard and evolving operations research tools. MCES is composed of seven separate modules that guide the analyst through a C² evaluation. The first module is used by the analyst and operational user to define the C² problem. The next three set the terminology and theory to describe the C² system as an architecture that relates function to physical elements. In the fifth module, guidelines are provided to identify, develop and select measures that gauge the C² system's response in directing air defense forces. The sixth identifies the need to develop a data generator that will provide values for the C² system's response. In the seventh, techniques are provided to aggregate measures in a way that relates measurement of the C² response to combat outcome.