Game theoretic validation of air combat simulation models

  • Authors:
  • Jirka Poropudas;Kai Virtanen

  • Affiliations:
  • Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Finland;Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Finland

  • Venue:
  • SMC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The paper presents a new game theoretic approach towards the validation of discrete event air combat simulation models. In the approach, statistical techniques are applied for estimating game models based on simulation data. The estimation procedure is presented in cases involving games with both discrete and continuous decision variables. The validity of the simulation model is assessed by comparing the properties of the estimated games to actual practices in air combat. The approach enhances existing methods for the validation of discrete event simulation models by incorporating the inherent game setting of air combat into the analysis. The estimated games also provide a novel game theoretic perspective to simulation metamodeling which is used to facilitate simulation analysis. The utilization of the game theoretic approach is illustrated by analyzing simulation data produced with an existing air combat simulation model.