Problem Solving, Simulation, and Computational Red Teaming

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors take the reader on a brief yet useful journey through the problem‐solving process to emphasise the roles in problem solving of the two concepts: computer simulation and computational red teaming (CRT). To fulfil this purpose, they structure the remainder of the chapter in two parts. The first part describes the problem‐solving process and emphasises the role of simulation within this process, while the second part describes the role of CRT in relation to problem solving and simulation. The authors explain a situation in which the red teaming objects are a model of a real system and the resultant simulation, and the red teaming purposes are verification and validation of assumptions. Sensitivity analysis investigates how the uncertainty in the output of a model can be related to different sources of uncertainty in its inputs.