J-mass graphical configuration and execution

Abstract

McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) has developed a graphical user interface (GUI) for use in digital, interactive and manned simulation to initialize a mission, monitor performance and provide debriefing of the simulation. Portions of the GUI have been adapted as tools for use with the Joint Modeling and Simulation System(J-MASS). The GUI will allow users to have graphical tools available to aid in configuring a simulation, viewing the results during execution and providing additional tools for post processing. At MDA, analysts and developers prefer a similar "look and feel" to their tools With the maximum amount of graphics for use in their analysis and to simplify the set-up and monitoring of the results. Since MDA has used graphical tools for several years in their aircraft and missile simulations, it seemed quite natural to apply them to new modeling and simulation environments like J-MASS.