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The US DoD Modeling and Simulation Glossary (formally known as DoD 5000.59-M), was originally created in 1998. (As of October 2010) the glossary was being updated, without changing its main objective of providing a uniform language for use by the M&S community. This article contains a list of terms and acronyms, based on the original DoD 5000.59-M and information related to the update.

simulation modeling 5000.59-m

1. History

The original DoD Modeling and Simulation glossary: DoD 5000.59 was created in 1998, in hopes to promote a uniform set of terms across the Department of Defense. The glossary consisted of three sections: sources, acronyms and terms. The first section was a set of sources from where the information for the glossary was accessed from. Second, a list of M&S related acronyms, and lastly a set of M&S terms with definitions.[1]

2. Update

Since 1998, the world of Modeling and Simulation has expanded. With the rise of new technology including augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual worlds, SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model), and agent based simulation, it has become apparent that as the industry of Modeling and Simulation continues to change and grow, so should its language. Thus, a team of authors (University of Central Florida's (UCF) Institute for Simulation and Training (IST), contracted by the Joint Training Integration and Evaluation Center (JTIEC)) have set to revise and update the Modeling and Simulation Glossary to include new terminology, and to exclude out of date information.[1]

Changes

The main objective of this effort was not to completely change the original 1998 M&S glossary, but rather to update and upgrade it.

The authors decided to err on the side of keeping the glossary inclusive of information rather than exclusive when it came to the addition of new terms and acronyms, while still maintaining a sense of readability. To that end the authors reached out to the research and academic communities for references and materials used in their M&S pursuits. The result was a comprehensive bibliography and description of terms at a general level, with the aim that for those interested, more detailed information could be found in the reference. At the current state of the glossary, it includes the addition of 35 references, 180 acronyms, and 500 definitions (includes multiple definitions). The glossary was to be fully completed by late 2010.[1]

The glossary includes contribution from many US military organizations.[1]

3. 1

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5. 3

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3CE Cross Command Collaborative Effort   PM FCS [1]  
3DViz Three Dimensional Visualization   CERDEC [2]  

6. 4

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7. 5

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8. 6

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6DoF Six degrees of freedom   Degrees of freedom (mechanics)    

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11. 9

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12. A

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
A-MSRR Army-MSRR   AMSO [3]  
A/NM Administrative/Network Management   NDIA [4]  
A2C2S Army Airborne Command and Control Systems   PEO C3T [5]  
AAEF Air Assault Expeditionary Force   TRADOC [6]  
AAR After Action Review   DoA [7]  
ABCS Army Battle Command System   PM BC [8]  
AC2DP Army Concept & Capability Developments Plan   ARCIC [9]  
ACA Army Contracting Agency   ASA(ALT) [10]  
ACAT Acquisition Category   DAU [11]  
ACR Advanced Concepts and Requirements   MSCO [12]  
ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration   DARPA [13]  
AD Airspace Deconfliction   DoD [14]  
AEC Army Evaluation Center   ATEC [15]  
AEWE Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment   Maneuver Battle Laboratory (MBL) [16] Formerly Air Assault Expeditionary Force (AAEF)
AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System   PM BC    
Aggregation   The ability to group entities while preserving the effects of entity behavior and interaction while grouped. PM BC [17]  
AGM Attack Guidance Matrix   FM 6-20-10    
AIDE Agile Integration Demonstration and Experimentation   RDECOM [18]  
AKO Army Knowledge Online   PM AKO/DKO [19]  
AKSS AT&L Knowledge Sharing System   USD(AT&L) [20]  
AMC United States Army Materiel Command   HQDA [21]  
AMP Army Modernization Plan   RDECOM [22]

[23]

 
AMRDEC United States Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center   RDECOM [24]  
AMSAA United States Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity   RDECOM [25]  
AMSEC Army Model and Simulation Executive Council   AR 5-11 [26]  
AMSO Army Modeling & Simulation Office   DCS G-8 [27]  
APL Applied Physics Laboratory   Johns Hopkins University [28]  
APM Assistant Project Manager   PM CATT [29]  
APM CCTT Assistant Project Manager Close Combat Tactical Trainer   PM CATT [30]  
APS Active Protection System   DoD [31]  
AR Army Regulation   DoA [32]  
Architecture The structure of components, their relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time.   IEEE Std 610.12-1990 [33]

[34]

 
ARCIC U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center   TRADOC [35]  
ARDEC United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center   RDECOM [36]  
ARL Army Research Laboratory   RDECOM [37]  
ARO Army Research Office   ARL [38]  
ASA(ALT) United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology   HQDA [39]  
ASD(NCBDP) Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear & Chemical & Biological Defense Programs   USD(AT&L) [40]  
ASTAG Army Science and Technology Advisory Group   SAAL-ZT [41]  
ASM Sensor Acoustic, Seismic, and Magnetic Sensor   Geophysical MASINT    
ASTMP Army Science and Technology Master Plan   SAAL-ZT [42]  
AT&L Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology   HQDA [43]  
ATAM Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method   SEI [44]  
ATD Advanced Technology Demonstration   ASTMP [45]  
ATEC United States Army Test and Evaluation Command   HQDA [46]  
ATO Army Technology Objectives   ASTMP [47]  
ATO-D Army Technology Objectives-Demonstration   ASTMP [48]  
AUTL Army Universal Task List   FM 7-15 [49]  
AV All View DoDAF set of views that contains the AV-1 and AV-2. DoDAF [50]

[51]
[52]

 
AV-1 All View-1 DoDAF view for scope, purpose, intended users, environment depicted, and analytical findings. DoDAF [53]  
AV-2 All View-2 DoDAF view for architecture data repository with definitions of all acronyms/terms used in all products. AV-2 is also known as the Integrated Dictionary. DoDAF [54]  
AVCATT Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer - Aviation Reconfigurable Manned Simulator   PM ACTT [55]  
AW Asymmetric Warfare   DoD    

13. B

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
B-Kit   Add-on configurable armor used on compatible vehicle chassis such as the HMMWV. PEO GCS [56]  
BC Battle Command   DoA    
BCS3 Battlefield Command Sustainment Support System   PM BCS3 [57]  
BCT Brigade Combat Team   PM FCS [58]  
BDA Battle damage assessment The estimate of damage resulting from the application of lethal or nonlethal military force. Battle damage assessment is composed of physical damage assessment, functional damage assessment, and target system assessment. JP 3-0 [59]  
BICC Battlefield Information Coordination Center   FM 101-5-1 [60]  
BLCSE Battle Laboratory Collaborative Simulation Environment   ARCIC [61]  
BML Battle management language   SISO    
BPDM Business Process Definition Metamodel   OMG    
BPEL Business Process Execution Language   OMG    
BPMN Business Process Modeling Notation   OMG    

14. C

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
C2IEDM Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model   Multilateral Interoperability Programme    
C4 Command, Control, Communications, Computers   DoD    
C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance   DoD C4ISTAR  
CAA Center for Army Analysis   HQDA [62]  
CAB Combined Arms Battalion   DoD    
CAC Combined Arms Center   TRADOC [63]  
CASSI Concept, Analysis, System Simulation & Integration   TARDEC [64]  
CDRT Capabilities Development for Rapid Transition   DoA [65]  
CERDEC United States Army Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center   RDECOM [66]  
CMU Carnegie Mellon University     [67]  
CNA Capability Needs Analysis   ARCIC [68]  
COP Common Operational Picture   DoD    
CREW Counter Radio Controlled IED Electronics Warfare   Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division    
CRM Conceptual Reference Model     [69]  
CS Capability Set   OASA(ALT) [70]  
CSM Capability Set Management   OASA(ALT) [71]  
CSMB Capability Set Management Board   OASA(ALT) [72]  
CSMP Capability Set Management Process   OASA(ALT) [73]  
CTSF Central Technical Support Facility   PEO C3T

PEO C3T
[74]  
Cultural Factors     DoD [75]  
Cultural Features     DoD [76]  

15. D

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
DAU Defense Acquisition University   USD(AT&L) [77]    
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency   DoD [78]    
DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation   IEEE      
DCS G-8 Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 of the United States Army   VCSA [79]    
DDRE Director of Defense Research and Engineering   USD(AT&L) [80]    
DoA Department of the Army   DoD [81]  
DoD Department of Defense   United States Federal Government [82]  
DoDAF Department of Defense Architecture Framework   DoD [83]  
DPP Director of Plans & Programs   DDRE [84]  
DVL Distributed Virtual Laboratory   MATREX [85]  
Dynamic Terrain     PM FCS [86]  
Dynamic Weather     PM FCS [87]  

16. E

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
EA Executable Architecture        
ECBC United States Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center   RDECOM    
EMDS United States Army Enterprise Management Decision Support   RDECOM    

17. F

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FCS (BCT) Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team)   SAAL-ZB [88]  

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19. H

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HITL Human-in-the-Loop   DoD 5000.59-M    
HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army   DoA [89]  
HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle   PEO GCS [90]  

20. I

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I/ITSEC Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference   I/ITSEC [91]  
IW Irregular warfare   DoD [92]  

21. J

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JCA Joint Capability Area   CJCS [93]  
JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration Development System   CJCS    
JPD Joint Planning Document   CJCS    
JUONS Joint Urgent Operational Needs   CJCS [94]  

22. K

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23. L

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LCIM Levels of Conceptual Interoperability Model   SISO Conceptual interoperability  
LOP Local Operational Picture   DoD    
LVC Live, Virtual, and Constructive   DoD 5000.59-M [95]  
LWN LandWarNet   United States Department of the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 [96]

[97]
 

24. M

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
M&S Modeling and simulation   DoD [98]  
MATREX Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research, and EXperimentation   STTC [99]

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MBL Maneuver Battle Lab   TRADOC [101]  
MORS Military Operations Research Society   MORS [102]  
MOOTW Military operations other than war   DoD [103]  
MSRR Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository   MSCO [104]  
MSCO Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office   DPP [105]  
MTM Model-Test-Model   DPP [106]  

25. N

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NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization   NATO [107]  
Network Science     DoD  
NCS National Center for Simulation   NCS [108]  
NDIA National Defense Industrial Association   NDIA [109]  
NICEL Navy Infrared Countermeasures Effectiveness Laboratory   Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division    
NMSG NATO Modeling and Simulation Group   NATO [110]  
NSRDEC Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center   RDECOM [111]  

26. O

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OASA(ALT) United States Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology   HQDA [112]  
ONS Operational Needs Statement   AR 71–9 [113]  
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense   DoD [114]  
OTM On The Move   PM C4ISR OTM [115]  

27. P

Acronym/Term Expansion Definition Authoritative Source Links Notes
PA&E Program Analysis and Evaluation   OSD [116]  
PDM Program Decision Memorandum   OSD [117]  
PEO C3T Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications Tactical   SAAL-ZB [118]  
PEO EIS Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems   SAAL-ZB [119]  
PEO GCS Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems   SAAL-ZB [120]  
PEO STRI Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation   SAAL-ZB [121]  
PM ACTT Product Manager Air and Command Tactical Trainers   PEO CATT [122]  
PM AKO/DKO Project Manager Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online   PEO EIS [123]  
PM BC Project Manager Battle Command   PEO C3T [124]  
PM BCS3 Product Manager Battle Command Sustainment Support System   PM BC [125]  
PM CATT Project Manager Combined Arms Tactical Trainers   PEO STRI [126]  
PM ConSim Project Manager Constructive Simulation   PEO STRI [127]  
PM FCS Program Management Future Combat Systems   SAAL-ZB [128]  
PM ITTS Project Manager Instrumentation Targets and Threat Simulators   PEO STRI [129]  
PoR Program of Record   DAU [130]  

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QRC Quick Reaction Capability   DAU [131]

[132]
 

29. R

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RDECOM Research, Development and Engineering Command   AMC [133]  

30. S

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SAAL-ZB Principal Military Deputy   OASA(ALT) [134]  
SAAL-ZT Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research & Technology   OASA(ALT) [135]  
SASO Stability And Support Operations   DoD [136] Currently known as Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW)
SBA Simulation Based Acquisition   DoD    
SE Synthetic environment Internetted simulations that represent activities at a high level of realism from simulations of theaters of war to factories and manufacturing processes. These environments may be created within a single computer or a vast distributed network connected by local and wide area networks and augmented by super-realistic special effects and accurate behavioral models. They allow visualization of and immersion into the environment being simulated. DoD 5000.59-P

CJCSI 8510.01

[137]

[138]

 
SEDRIS Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange Specification   SISO    
SEI Software Engineering Institute   CMU [139]  
Sensor fusion     DoD    
SHME Synthetic human-made environment     Synthetic human-made environment  
SIMPLE The Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Link Evaluation The aim of this agreement is to provide specifications for a common standard to interconnect ground rigs of all types (e.g. simulation, integration facilities etc.) for the purpose of Tactical Data Link (TDL) Interoperability (IO) testing. NATO STANAG 5602   Enables transmission of J-Series (TADIL-J) messages over IP-based protocols
SISO Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization   SISO [140]  
SIW Simulation Interoperability Workshop   SISO [141]  
SID System Integration Domain   RDECOM [142]  
SMART Simulation & Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements, and Training   DoA    
SNE Synthetic natural environment   DARPA [143]  
SPE Synthetic psychological environment        
Static Terrain]     PM FCS    
Static Weather     PM FCS    
STOW Synthetic Theater of War   DARPA [144]  
STTC United States Army Simulation and Training Technology Center   RDECOM    
Systems architecture   The fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its components, their relationships to each other and the environment, and the principles governing its design and evolution. IEEE Std 1471-2000 [145]  
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats     SWOT analysis  

31. T

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TARDEC Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center   RDECOM [146]  
TFT Technology Focus Teams   RDECOM [147]  
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command   HQDA    

32. U

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Urban Terrain     DoD [148]  
USAASC United States Army Acquisition Support Center   ASA(ALT) [149]  
USD(AT&L) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics   DoD [150]  

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34. W

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WSR Weapon Systems Review The WSR is the forum for Program Managers to present their life-cycle weapon system and equipment funding requirements for Program Evaluation Groups (PEG) integration. All PEGs and planning, programming, budget and execution (PPBE) integrators are invited to participate and it involves more than 15 Army Staff and Secretariat stakeholders. United States Army Acquisition Support Center [151]  

35. X

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36. Y

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37. Z

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References

  1. Goldiez, Brian; Palmer, Nicole; Lowe, Van; Dumanoir, Paul (12 September 2010). "Update of the DoD M&S Glossary.". Simulation Interoperability Workshop. Institute for Simulation & Training at the University of Central Florida. 10F-SIW-061. https://www.sisostds.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/API/Entries/Download?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=32053&PortalId=0&TabId=105. 
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