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DEFINITIONSIDA publishes the following documents to report the results of its work. ReportsReports am the most authoritative and most carefully considered products IDA publishes. They normally embody results of major projects which (a) have a direct bearing on declaluns affecting major programs, (b) address issues of significant concern to the Executive Branch, the Congress and/or the public, or (c) address issues that have significant economic implications. IDA Reports are reviewed by outside panels of experts to ensure their high quality and relevance to the problems studied, and they are released by the President of IDA. Group ReportsGroup Reports record the findings and results of IDA established working groups and panels composed of senior individuals iddressing major Issues which otherwise would be the subje-t of an IDA Report. IDA Group Reports are reviewed by the senior individuals responsible for the projilt and others as selected by IDA to ensure their high quality and relevance to the problems studied, and are released by the President of IDA. PapersPapers, also authoritatlve and carefully considered products of IDA, address studies that are narrower In scope than those covered In Reports. IDA Papers are reviewed to ensure that they meet the high standards expected of refereed papers in professional journals or funmal Agency reports. DocumentsIDA Documents ere used for the convenience of the sponsors or the analysts (a) to record substantive work done In quick reaction studies, 1b) to record the proceedings of conferences and meetings, (c) to make available preliminary and tentative results of analyses, (d) to record data developed In the course of an investigation, or (e) Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 1I& ABSTRACT (A4"xirUffl200 w~r)In this paper we discuss simulators and training devices in the overall context of training and show how their cost-effectiveness might be quantified. The paper discusses current DoD policies on training and simulation and briefly describes existing practice. The paper summarizes selected cost-effectiveness analyses from research literature comparing simulators and training devices with actual equipment and operations, reinterprets some of the data behind these analyses, and collects additional cost information. The results of this examination suggest that all major existing training options have value and that large changes in the simulator mix should not be made suddenly. However, on the margin, additional simulators and training devices are affordable, and in many situations appear to be cost-effective relative to actual equipment and operations. The analyses are not conclusive due to incomplete data. Recommendations are made on how to develop additional information. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis summary has three sections. TIhe first summarizes the tasking that this paper addresses. The second section outlines the organization of the paper, and the third section summarizes the main body of the paper. INTRODUCTIONThe issue of whether the increased u...

This document is one of four reports on york performed by the Institute for Defense Analyses for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (FDserve Affairs) since August 1965 under Task Order T-N2-266, *Reserve Component Training Technology. While the task is concerned vith the reserve cmponents (Cs) of all the Services, our effort to date has been focused on the Army Guard and the Army Deserve. This first reporte ID Paper P-l971, (1) describes the methodology of our Investigation of Army KC training, (2) presents a statistical description of the environment for that t training, and (3) provides other information that we expect to be useful for our continuing look at the Army WeF. The second report. IM Paper P-1972, *Training State of a Group of Amy Combat Servio Support Units (M)W (1987), is an aesemat of the state of training of Guard and Deserve units that perform combat logistics functions, i.e., maintenance and movement of equipment, supplies, and personselt it is the only one of the four reo that is classified (confidential). An evaluation of tank gunnery devices is described in our third report, IDA Papor P-1973o 68imulation Trainers for Tank Gunnery (1967).• The fourth report, ZDM Nomorandmm Deport *-255, "Initial Aseesment of Mintenance Training of Army Reserve Components.e (1967), to a preliminary exmination af Army C maintenance training to "ientify area(s) for analysis.

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