The RAND Advanced Simulation Language Projects Declarative Modeling Formalism (DMOD)

Abstract

This report discusses research by the RAND Advanced Simulation Language (RASL) project. The objective of this research project has been to develop knowledge-based techniques that integrate simulation and planning to answer strategic mobility questions that go beyond the What if ...? capabilities of traditional simulation: questions such as Can a give event ever happen? Under what conditions will an event happen? or 'How can a desired result be achieved?' The strategic mobility planning problem encompasses a wide range of issues concerning which transportation assets (ships, planes, etc.) to acquire and how to use them to transport personnel and materiel to satisfy mission objectives. The RASL project is researching new modeling techniques that will allow simulation and planning to be performed in an integrated fashion, using a single, underlying model of the strategic mobility domain. This project has developed a new declarative modeling formalism (DMOD) for modeling and reasoning about dynamic systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285557

Entities

People

  • Jeff Rothenberg
  • Sanjai Narain

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Phase Transformations
  • Programming Languages
  • Rails
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Simulation Languages
  • Transportation
  • Travel Time
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Systems Analysis and Design