ABSTRACT
The concept of Ship Synthesis Model (SSM) dates back from the 70’s (Reed, 1976), with the initial development of the Advanced Surface Ship Evaluation Tool (ASSET) a software provided by the Naval Surface Warfare Center and used for the evaluation of naval ship designs. This tool determines whether a particular design is feasible and in that process makes changes to various characteristics of the ship to arrive at a balanced design. The availability of a SSM also allows consistency among the feasibility studies due to the use of similar methodology and criteria built into the models.
