Articles, Presentations, and Technical Reports

Ivar Oswalt

Saving Your Simulation Dollar: Evaluating M&S Investments, co-presenter, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, International Modeling and Simulation in Healthcare Conference, January 2013.

Current Trends in Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Return on Investment (ROI) Calculation, co-author, The M&S Journal, Winter 2012.

Calculating Return on Investment for U.S. Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2011 Research Paper Competition Winner and Hirsch Prize Recipient, lead author, Defense Acquisition Research Journal, April 2011.

Modeling and Simulation Value Assessment and Procurement Strategies, lead author, Technical Report, Department of Homeland Security, February 2010.

M&S Procurement Strategies for Public Sector Consumers, lead author, Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization, Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, September 2009.

Identifying Requirements and Standards for Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic (DIME) / Political, Military, Economic, Social, Infrastructure, and Information Systems (PMESII) Modeling, contributing-author, presentation and paper, NATO Research and Technology Organization, March 2009 and Requirements for a Government Owned DIME/PMESII Model Suite, contributing-author, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Technical Report, July 2009.

Metrics for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Investments, contributing author, Technical Report, Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office, November 2008.

Synchronizing Modeling and Simulation Plans across Navy Acquisition, lead presenter, National Defense Industrial Association Systems Engineering Conference, October 2008.

Vectors of Navy Simulation: A Compilation of Key Trends or “A Study of Studies” co-author, presentation and article, Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, April 2008.

On the Reuse of Intellectual Property in Modeling and Simulation: a Framework for Case Studies with Business Models, contributing author, Center for Naval Analyses Publication, February 2008.

Review of Department of Defense and Department of Navy Modeling and Simulation Directives, and Instructions, and Documents, presentation, Assistant Secretary of the Navy / Research Development and Acquisition, co-author, October 2007.

Characterizing Models, Simulations, and Games, co-author, presentation and article, Inter-service/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), December 2006.

Models, Simulations, and Games: Definition, Structure, and Relationship Analysis, presentation, Office of Naval Research, co-author, December 2005.

Force Protection Integration Study, co-author, presentation and report, Force Protection / Anti-Terrorism Office (N701F) Navy, December 2004.

Semantic Descriptors of Models and Simulations, co-author, presentation and article, Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, April 2004.

Navy Simulation Baseline Assessment, Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office, author, Project Technical Report, January 2003.

Modeling and Simulation Support to Fleet Training: Current Application, Requirements Addressed, and Utilization Potential, co-author, Technical Presentation, July 2002.

Analyzing the Role of Intelligence Support to US Operations in the Balkans, co-author, Technical Presentation, Navy Research Laboratory (NRL), February 2002.

C4ISR M&S Taxonomy – Key Features and Intended Application, author, Technical Presentation, Fleet C4ISR M&S Conference, Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office, July 2001.

C4I Representation in M&S, Technical Interchange Meeting, Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office, author, March 2000.