SCOPE: system concept of operation evaluator

The system concept of operation evaluator (SCOPE) is a joint US Navy/Air Force project involving the generalization of the Navy´s submarine concept of operation evaluator project. SCOPE has been employed to design and evaluate submarine command and control (C² ) centers. SCOPE is an object-oriented computer program written in the SMALLTALK-80 programming environment. Once the C2 center has been designed, the task of determining the concept of operation (COOP) for the center must be addressed. A COOP defines how the C² center (both men and machines) will be employed to fulfil the platform´s missions. A C² center and its COOP are very closely coupled. SCOPE can assist the designer in designing an advanced C₂ center and in developing and analyzing alternative COOPs for the C² center. The use of SCOPE in the submarine domain is illustrated