Lombard, N2010-12-202010-12-202010-10Lombard, N. 2010. Supporting role of ontology in a simulation system for countermeasure evaluation. Proceedings of the Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace 2010 Forever Resort, Bela Bela 11 October 2010, pp 22-30978-0-620-47586-0http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4690Proceedings of the Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace 2010 Forever Resort, Bela Bela 11 October 2010Military aircraft in the battlefield are under constant threat from missile attacks. Technology such as infra-red countermeasures are used to protect against these threats. Measurements, modelling and simulation are used by the military to develop, implement and evaluate these countermeasures. The ability to simulate what happens in real life scenarios is a powerful way to evaluate countermeasures. These simulation systems are complex and lack a common vocabulary. Ontology is an emerging discipline providing a mechanism to provide common domain vocabularies. Ontologies in information systems and engineering is maturing after years of use and the research described in this paper investigates the possible advantages that ontology might have in the simulation environment. We also investigated how ontologies can provide a solution to some of the challenges to be dealt with in a countermeasure simulation system. The construction of an initial ontology showed that the ontology not only provides a high-level description of the concepts in the simulation system, but it also supports the validation of the use of the simulation models in the systemenOntologySimulationInfra-red countermeasuresMilitary aircraftProceedings of the Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace 2010Conference PresentationLombard, N. (2010). Supporting role of ontology in a simulation system for countermeasure evaluation. CSIR. Defence Peace Safety and Security. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4690Lombard, N. "Supporting role of ontology in a simulation system for countermeasure evaluation." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4690Lombard N, Supporting role of ontology in a simulation system for countermeasure evaluation; CSIR. Defence Peace Safety and Security; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4690 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Lombard, N AB - Military aircraft in the battlefield are under constant threat from missile attacks. Technology such as infra-red countermeasures are used to protect against these threats. Measurements, modelling and simulation are used by the military to develop, implement and evaluate these countermeasures. The ability to simulate what happens in real life scenarios is a powerful way to evaluate countermeasures. These simulation systems are complex and lack a common vocabulary. Ontology is an emerging discipline providing a mechanism to provide common domain vocabularies. Ontologies in information systems and engineering is maturing after years of use and the research described in this paper investigates the possible advantages that ontology might have in the simulation environment. We also investigated how ontologies can provide a solution to some of the challenges to be dealt with in a countermeasure simulation system. The construction of an initial ontology showed that the ontology not only provides a high-level description of the concepts in the simulation system, but it also supports the validation of the use of the simulation models in the system DA - 2010-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Ontology KW - Simulation KW - Infra-red countermeasures KW - Military aircraft KW - Proceedings of the Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace 2010 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 978-0-620-47586-0 T1 - Supporting role of ontology in a simulation system for countermeasure evaluation TI - Supporting role of ontology in a simulation system for countermeasure evaluation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4690 ER -