Abstract:

Combat simulation experimental design refers to sampling the values of experimental factors based on baseline combat scenarios using various experimental design methods and then generating a set of experimental schemes for the sequential simulation. The complexity of combat simulation, such as numerous experimental factors and distinct factor types, including continuous and discrete numeric types, poses several challenges and requires efficient hybrid experimental design methods. To address these issues, this paper conducts a study on the hybrid experimental scheme design for combat simulation. This paper gives a brief classification and review of experimental design methods and presents three hybrid experimental scheme design methods with their merits and drawbacks analyzed. The paper introduces an experimental design system for combat simulation, including its software architectural design, functions, and experimental design procedure and demonstrates and analyzes the application of three hybrid experimental scheme design methods in a combat scenario. The tool and methods presented in this paper will effectively guide the experimental design problem in complex combat simulation with discrete and mixed type factors, and it has been applied and verified in several simulation projects.

Key words: combat simulation, scenario, experimental scheme design, hybrid experimental design, experimental design system