Non-Hierarchical Approach to Couple CCIS with M&S
Abstract
The use of the term interoperability in certain areas of information technology is also predominant in the military community when talking about multinational Command and Control Information system Environments (CCIS) and Modeling and Simulation (M&S). The Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP) on the one hand and the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) on the other hand prevail among others. Either community typically has different meaning of the term interoperability and they run dangerous of getting separated whereas unification is even more desirable. Instead of a bottom-up approach ("interoperability by means of technology") a top-down view may help to better understand the real system, which is the one military combat space. Information flow initially drives the system, hence the system becomes the response function which to some extent generates additional information flow. This generic interpretation of the system gives reason for a non-hierarchical alignment of CCIS and M&S taking into account their domain specific interoperability technologies, like e.g. MIP or HLA. The GE and US Simulation and CCIS Connectivity Experiment (SINCE) is to become a proof of concept project in a sense of loose coupling CCIS and M&S environments. The paper describes the top-down approach in correspondence to the SINCE four phase experimentation program. The GE technical architecture is outlined in detail.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA425967
Entities
People
- H. P. Menzler
- M. Sieber