Abstract:Aiming to address the issues of missing accuracy evaluation for tractor dynamic models and the lack of systematic, standardized assessment methods, an accuracy evaluation approach was proposed based on time-response error and grey relational analysis, grounded in the verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A) theory of model simulation systems. A hierarchical validation index system comprising phase error, amplitude error, and shape error was constructed, and the grey relational degree method was applied for segmental evaluation of dynamic response curves. Four sets of idealized test cases with defined error components were designed and analyzed by using both the proposed method and traditional numerical error analysis techniques. The results demonstrated that the proposed method effectively decoupled and accurately identified multiple error characteristics in each test case, precisely reflecting the sources and distribution of errors, while its comprehensive evaluation accuracy outperformed traditional methods. Furthermore, taking a self-developed longitudinal dynamic model of a power-shift tractor as an application case, real vehicle data were collected under five road conditions: tilled field, untilled field, stubble field, concrete surface, and mixed road surface. The proposed method was used to compare and analyze simulation results against real vehicle data under various working conditions. The results indicated that the mean comprehensive accuracy score of the model was 90.95. Under high-speed and complex road conditions, scores for various error characteristics decreased significantly, with comprehensive results in some extreme conditions falling below 88, reflecting certain limitations of the model under different working conditions, which aligned with objective reality and verified the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of the proposed evaluation method.