Battle Force Reliability Modeling and Simulation

This research will define and implement enhancements to TIGER, the standard assessment tool used by the Navy to measure readiness in terms of operational availability. The current version can handle the thousands of components aboard a ship. However, itis not suited to modeling the massive task of Battle Force simulation and tradeoffs. In this research, we will identify the functional, user interface, and structural requirements to extend TIGER to modeling Battle Forces. The innovations in thisresearch are algorithms for the aggregation of individual ship functions into group-level services. In addition, we will define user interface enhancements to reduce training and provide higher quality output. The result of the Phase I effort will be thedefinition of SuperTIGER, a tool to provide battle force level availability and reliability assessments, spare allowances, and related functions. The benefits of this research will be to update one of the most significant tools used by the Navy to predictoperational availability, perform tradeoff analyses, and evaluate cost-effective sparing strategies. TIGER PLUS will be of value not only to the U.S. Navy but also to many Federal, State, and Local Government authorities responsible for maintenanceplanning, logistics support and sparing. In addition, TIGER PLUS will be of use to private entities with large investments in complex maintainable assets.