2016
DHSS 2016 Proceeding
Architecture-oriented combat system effectiveness simulation modelling
Authors: Y. Lei, N. Zhu, J. Yao, Z. Zhu, S. Chen
Abstract
Combat system effectiveness simulation (CESS) is a special type of complex system simulation. Their models feature multiple disciplines and are rich in domain knowledge. To develop such simulation models, model composability must play a central role where legacy models can be systematically reused and efficiently developed. Domain-friendly modeling is also a requisite for facilitating model development. Traditional modeling methodologies for CESS are either domain-neutral (lack of domain related consideration) or domain-oriented (lack of openness and evolvability) and cannot well fulfill these requirements together. Inspired by the concept of architecture in systems and software engineering fields, we extend it into a concept of model architecture for complex simulation systems, and propose a model architecture- oriented modeling methodology in which model architecture plays a central role. In this methodology, toward achieving model composability, domain-neutral M&S technologies are used to describe model architecture to improve model evolvability, and domain-specific modeling (DSM) is employed to aid domain experts. Two layers of model architecture, i.e. domain model architecture (DMA) and application model architecture (AMA), are differentiated and explicitly represented in a concrete model architecture-oriented CESS modeling framework.
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