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MARSOC CSS Study

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Final Report: Update 17 February 2009

The latest version of the final report is here. Comments are most welcome; you can leave them on this page, if you have a PBWiki account, or send them to me via email.

 

Please excuse the problems with the simulation output graphs.  These figures (primarily in Section 3 and Appendix D) are *.JPG files, based on screenshots of the simulation, and they are hard to read.  Their presence in the report arises due to some of the restrictions associated with NMCI machines. 

 

I'm able to read the left/right scales by using a 200% magnification,  but that may not be an acceptable workaround. 

 

As with the earlier draft, I have locked the document. If you'd like it unlocked, contact me and ask for the password.  Remind me that it's my call sign.  Of course, if I can answer any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

 


 

Supporting Documents for Final Report

The supporting documents are contained in a series of Zip archives, each named with a (hopefully) descriptive name.

 

Here are the study system documents.

 

Here are the value model documents.  The spreadsheets used for voting and weighting were created by Rick Clinger of OAD.  In future efforts, I would recommend use of Logical Decisions for Windows (COTS tool for MODA/VFT) or V-Best, an Excel add-in.

 

This is actually a subset of the wargame documents.  The complete set of files used in the wargame runs to ~60MB; most were prepared by Bill Simpson of Wargaming Division.  Please contact me if you'd like to obtain copies.

 

The simulation archive contains a number of unique files.  ExtendSim files end in .mox, which lets you identify the main simulation file.  There are three ways for you to run the simulation:

  • Purchase a copy of ExtendSim software from Imagine That!
  • Download the free demo of ExtendSim: this lets you build small models, but not save them OR you can run existing models for an unlimited time
  • Purchase LT-Run Time (~$100): this lets you build and save small models OR run existing models.  The *.lrx files are used when you want to run an ExtendSim model, using LT-Run Time

The CSS simulation was built with an ExtendSim Notebook, so you can use that interface to modify simulation parameters.  If you'd like more information about running or modifying the model, please contact me.

 

At various points during the study, the Sponsor was briefed on progress and results.  Recommendations from the study were used to brief CG MARSOC.

 

Final thought on products and presentation of material to the Sponsor: as an analyst, am I prepared to answer these questions?  It's quite a challenge, but probably forms an excellent for several IPR during the study.

 


 

Archived Material

1. I didn't use the wiki very well during this study, so this page is WAAAY out of date.  Having said that, any material below this line should be considered strictly archival

 

Paper on experiment design:

Output Analysis for Simulations.pdf

 

Brief on output analysis:

Burke Presentation.ppt 

 

Paper on ranking alternatives:

Ranking and Selection.pdf

 

 

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