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{{Short description|Hastagrakesh}}The '''Smart Weapon End-to-End Performance Model''' ('''SWEEPM''') is a [[Modeling and simulation|modeling]] software developed by the [[United States Army Research Laboratory]] (ARL), designed to measure the overall effectiveness of all types of [[munitions]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://fortcampbellcourier.com/news/article_878b1e6a-df64-11e2-8da9-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Military analysts develop smart weapon software model|last=Laboratory|first=T’Jae Gibson, Army Research|work=The Fort Campbell Courier|access-date=2018-07-16|language=en}}</ref> SWEEPM was conceived in 2008 and completed in April 2013.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?article=2141|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217215236/http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?article=2141|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2016|title=New Army Research Lab model knocks three centuries of analysis down to two weeks {{!}} U.S. Army Research Laboratory|website=www.arl.army.mil|language=en|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>

The model provides simulated performance data on conceptual or existing guided artillery rounds. Ballistic engineers analyze information gathered on the effectiveness of a round in battle, such as impact against a tank or truck.<ref name=":0" />

SWEEPM software can measure other variables such as material composition of the round, [[muzzle velocity]], how soldiers aim and fire weapon systems, weather, and stationary or moving targets. This information assists researchers in studying scenarios that indicate the amount of damage the round causes.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.army-technology.com/features/featurethinking-on-their-feet-smart-weapons-for-infantry-4207982/|title=Thinking on their feet – smart weapons for infantry - Army Technology|date=2014-04-06|work=Army Technology|access-date=2018-07-16|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Researchers rely on high -performance computers housed within the ARL Supercomputing Research Center managed by ARL's Computational and Information Sciences Directorate at [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]], MDMaryland. SWEEPM's high-fidelity physics sub-modules can only be run on these [[supercomputer]]s.<ref name=":1" />

Mary K. Arthur, a mathematician in the Lethality Division of ARL, is the principle[[principal investigator]] credited with developing SWEEPM after recognizing a void in modeling and analyzing smart weapon systems from target acquisition through damage estimation.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Arthur|first=Mary|date=2012-08-13|title=The Smart Weapon End-to-End Performance Model (SWEEPM)|url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2012-4796|journal=AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference|language=en-US|___location=Reston, ViriginaVirginia|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|doi=10.2514/6.2012-4796|isbn=9781624101830|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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