The purpose of this Standard is to provide the CSM community with a common language, a concptual framework, and general guidance for implementing the processes of computational model V&V. To this end, this Standard includes a glossary of terms, figures ilustrating the recommended overall approach to V&V actvitles, and discusslons ofactors that should be considered when developing and executing a V&V program. In creating this Standard, the ASME V&V 10 Subcomittee benefited from the earller contrbutions to the field of V&V by other groups, especially AIAA (rel. [21), as well as by Oberkampf et al (ref. [3]) and Thacker et al. (ref [41).
