Model Driven Interoperability for Complex Simulation Systems

Abstract

Abstract —As the systems under study (SUS) of Modelling and Simulation (M&S) are becoming more and more complex, different simulation models and systems need to interoperate with each other to model and simulate the SUS more efficiently. M&S community has worked on simulation interoperability for many years, e.g., HLA is an IEEE standard developed to promote interoperability between different simulation systems. However, current research mainly concentrates on technical interoperability, while substantive interoperability is not effectively promoted. In this paper, related M&S research on interoperability is reviewed and how to use Model Driven Engineering (MDE) techniques to promote simulation interoperability is discussed. Finally a MDE-based simulation system development framework combing SMP2 and ontology techniques is proposed to illustrate how to achieve the model driven simulation interoperability. The framework adopts a MDE paradigm and uses ontology metamodels to construct a common knowledge base, which promotes both technical and substantive interoperability.