This Request for Information (RFI) solicits information
on the nature and utility of an architecture framework that prescribes a
standard for architecture modeling of large scale military systems based on
UML, SysML and related profiles. The military architecture framework (MAF)
will specify modeling conventions and conformance points similar to the
United States' Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and
other military domain architecture frameworks.
Two research efforts that demonstrate the suitability of model driven
architectures, based on DODAF, in conducting simulations for military-worth
analysis.
Zinn, Andrew W.,
The Use Of
Integrated Architectures To Support Agent Based
Simulation: An Initial Investigation, AFIT/GSE/ENY/04-M01, Department Of
The Air Force Air University, Air Force Institute Of Technology,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 2004
In this research effort, Zinn proposed that the DoD Architectural
Framework
(DoDAF) could be used to aid in the acquisition of all major defense
information systems. One of the primary purposes of DODAF-based
architectures is to help conduct military-worth analysis. The research
showed the utility of architecture descriptions based on the DoDAF to
provide the needed data for agent based simulation. The research also
developed a case study, where data from a proposed Air Operations Center
architecture was used in the combat model System Effectiveness Analysis
Simulation (SEAS). Zinn concluded that the DoDAF, if implemented properly,
does provide the needed information. A process for taking information from
DoDAF architectures and importing it into agent-based simulation is proposed
in this thesis.
DeStefano, Gregory V.,
Agent Based Simulation
SEAS Evaluation Of DODAF Architecture Thesis, AFIT/GOR/ENS/04-05,
Department Of The Air Force Air University, Air Force Institute Of
Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 2004
DeStefano continued Zinn's work by investigating means to export data
from DODAF to the agent-based model System Effectiveness and Analysis
Simulation (SEAS). DeStefano proposed that through operational, system, and
technical views, the DoDAF provides a consistent format for new weapon
systems to be compared and evaluated. This research identified the Aerospace
Operation Center (AOC) weapon system architecture as suitable for
translation into SEAS. The Zinn-DeStefano collaborative efforts lead to the
identification and translation of architectural data products to represent
the Time Critical Targeting (TCT) activities of the AOC. A comparison of the
AOC weapon system employing these TCT activities with an AOC without TCT
capabilities is accomplished within a Kosovo-like engagement. Results showed
statistically significant differences in measures of effectiveness (MOEs)
chosen to compare the systems. The comparison also identified the importance
of data products not available in this incomplete architecture and makes
recommendations for SEAS to be more receptive to DoDAF data products
