Test and Evaluation Uses of Heterogeneous Computing

T est and evaluation of current systems is a time-consuming process that reflects both the intricacies of the object of the test and the range of equipment, personnel, and environments required. Many argue that this process consumes far too much of the time that it takes to put new systems into the hands of the warfighters, and uses way too many resources without much obvious benefit for those in combat.One solution to ameliorating these costs and delays is the increased use of computer simulations, ranging from agent-based models of battle spaces, to Mechanical Computer-Aided Engineering (MCAE) analyses of hardware, to esoteric simulations using computational fluid dynamics to assess everything from new airframes to dispersion of chemical and biological agents.