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Table I.

Compare the standards of VV&A

Standard	DoD RPG	IEEE 1278.4	IEEE 1516.4
Application scenarios	Military project	Distributed interactive simulation	The high-level architecture simulation
The role of VV&A	Accreditation agent	VV&A agent VV&A team	VV&A agent VV&A team Accreditation agent
Time	1996	1997	2007
Purpose	Establish VV&A methodology	Guide VV&A operations	Provides VV&A implementation-level guidance
Method	Define the VV&A framework	Define the VV&A framework	Define the VV&A framework
Kernel ideas	Roles phase	Roles process	Roles responsibilities

Standard	DoD RPG	IEEE 1278.4	IEEE 1516.4
Application scenarios	Military project	Distributed interactive simulation	The high-level architecture simulation
The role of VV&A	Accreditation agent	VV&A agentVV&A team	VV&A agentVV&A teamAccreditation agent
Time	1996	1997	2007
Purpose	Establish VV&A methodology	Guide VV&A operations	Provides VV&A implementation-level guidance
Method	Define the VV&A framework	Define the VV&A framework	Define the VV&A framework
Kernel ideas	Roles phase	Roles process	Roles responsibilities