SENSITIVITY TESTS ON SLAT COMPUTER SIMULATIONS USING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

Experimental designs are proven to be just as useful in studying the interrelations between variables in computer simulations as they have been in agriculture and industry. This paper demonstrates that the statistical experimental design technique aids the analysis of complex simulation by efficient selection of the computer runs to be made and thereby saves computer time. Further the analysis is more complete, showing that the variables act jointly, and measures the goodness of fit of predicted values. As an example, the sensitivity tests on changes in air sortie effectiveness on a land campaign are discussed. The techniques, terminology and calculation methods with a bibliography are discussed in an appendix for those who wish to learn more about the technique.