Achieving Reusability and Composability with a Simulation Conceptual Model

Abstract

Reusability and composability (R&C) are two important quality characteristics that have been very difficult to achieve in the Modelling and Simulation (M&S) discipline. Reuse provides many technical and economical benefits. Composability has been increasingly crucial for M&S of a system of systems, in which disparate systems are composed with each other. The purpose of this paper is to describe how R&C can be achieved by using a simulation conceptual model (CM) in a community of interest (COI). We address R&C in a multifaceted manner covering many M&S areas (types). M&S is commonly employed where R&C are very much needed by many COIs. We present how a CM developed for a COI can assist in R&C for the design of any type of large-scale complex M&S application in that COI. A CM becomes an asset for a COI and offers significant economic benefits through its broader applicability and more effective utilization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA539241

Entities

People

  • J. D. Arthur
  • O. Balci
  • W. F. Ormsby

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Emergency Response
  • Homeland Security
  • Materials Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulations
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Computer science

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
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