Base Object Model (BOM) Aggregation Framework

The aggregation of entities is considered a practical approach for managing large-scale simulation exercises and improving performance. The key for aggregation to work is to reduce independent high fidelity models to more efficient, lower resolution models that can then be grouped together to create combined model sets. While practical, aggregation is not easy to implement and universally apply by the players within a federation. Furthermore, models used to represent entities and interactions are not typically built with aggregation in mind. Aggregation capable models are instead needed, which would allow differing levels of detail or resolution to be dialed up or down for any one model. A promising technology that encourages the representation of multi-resolution models and combined model sets are Base Object Models (BOMs). Based on the potential BOMs provide, SimVentions proposes to design and develop a BOM Aggregation Framework that encourages multi-resolution models and facilitates aggregation and de-aggregation.