Data Farming Services in Support of Military Decision Making Nico de Reus TNO - The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Oude Waalsdorperweg 63, 2597 AK The Hague THE NETHERLANDS
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[email protected] Gary Horne MCR 2010 Corporate Ridge, McLean, Virginia 22102 USA
[email protected] Maj. Tobias Kuhn M&S Centre of Excellence Piazza Renato Villoresi 1, 00143 Rome ITALY
[email protected] Viktor Stritof, CZU/ERS CZU/ERS Ljubljanska cesta 37, 6230 Postojna SLOVENIA
[email protected] LtCol Stephan Seichter Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning Einsteinstrasse 20, 82024 Taufkirchen GERMANY
[email protected] Alexander Zimmermann, Kai Pervölz Fraunhofer IAIS Schloss Birlinghoven, 53757 Sankt Augustin GERMANY
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[email protected] STO-MP-IST-160 PP-5 - 1 Data Farming Services in Support of Military Decision Making ABSTRACT Data Farming is a quantified approach that examines questions in large possibility spaces using modelling and simulation. By harvesting simulation data from many runs set up in a cogent manner, the data farming process evaluates huge amounts of simulation data to draw insights to support military decision making. Data Farming has been codified and methods for actionable decision support have been developed in the MSG-088 and MSG-124 Task Groups. Currently, the new MSG-155 Task Group has started with plans to make Data Farming accessible and usable by NATO and its partners through the development of Data Farming Services.