Integration of Performance Models Into Virtual Prototyping Environment

An opportunity exists for performance models to be integrated into a continuous data flow process receiving data from design tool output and providing results to wargames used for analysis. Design tool outputs an providing results to wargames used for analysis. Design processes specify shape, configuration, materials, function and other required design components to achieve a conceptualized capability. These data are not typically in the proper formats, or in some cases sufficiently complete, for use in evaluation by performance models. A process for conditioning these data, and augmenting them as required, must be developed. Additionally, the output of performance models are not typically in the proper formats for wargame models used in analysis. Similarly, a need exists for a process to condition these outputs to the proper formats and augment them as required. These processes are envisioned to be most useful if integrated into a workstation environment that also executes the performance models, and potentially the Wargame models as well.