Enemy anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) are increasing in capability thereby posing a greater threat to United States Navy ships. Core to a ship’s defensive system is a computer-based command and decision element that directs simultaneous operations across a broad set of mission areas. Fortunately, software-only changes to this command element can be evaluated and fielded much more quickly than hardware-based changes; and hence, methods to identify viable software-only changes are needed. This study presents a simulation optimization methodology to identify and evaluate such changes using a notional scenario. First, a raid of ASCM threats against a single ship is simulated and then metaheuristics are used to determine the configuration for a ship’s defensive system that maximizes survival. The simulation scenario, a ship’s defensive system, and three specific optimization cases are presented. Results are provided for each optimization case to show the defensive system configuration that best ensures the ship’s survival.
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Simulating a Maritime Anti-Air Warfare Scenario to Optimize a Ship’s Defensive System
Semantic Scholar · Engineering · 2019
Abstract
Enemy anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) are increasing in capability thereby posing a greater threat to United States Navy ships. Core to a ship’s defensive system is a computer-based command and decision element that directs simultaneous operations across a broad set of mission areas. Fortunately, software-only changes to this command element can be evaluated and fielded much more quickly than hardware-based changes; and hence, methods to identify viable software-only changes are needed. This study presents a simulation optimization methodology to identify and evaluate such changes using a notional scenario. First, a raid of ASCM threats against a single ship is simulated and then metaheuristics are used to determine the configuration for a ship’s defensive system that maximizes survival. The simulation scenario, a ship’s defensive system, and three specific optimization cases are presented. Results are provided for each optimization case to show the defensive system configuration that best ensures the ship’s survival.