Electro-Optical (EO) system performance prediction requires physically validated system models, atmosphere/clutter models, and target signature models. These models in general include radiometric equations and measured data. The main model of such a performance prediction simulation is EO model. EO model’s subsystem models are optical system and detector system models. One approach for EO modeling is parametric model approach which is constructed via solving radiometric equations by using optics and detector model parameters. The other approach is to use the measured system data in order to simulate the systems. The measurement includes system temporal/spatial noise, intensity response, and spatial response. In this paper, these two methods are compared via measurements collected with a generic electro-optical camera. The results show that the measured data methodology is reliable for a system simulation, whereas parametric model approach can be reliable provided that the parameters are correctly defined in their physical boundaries.
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