Collaborative Simulation Technology for C4ISR Systems

Trends in the modeling and simulation community are leaning toward the development of simulation sets comprised of diverse sets of component and subcomponent models. Resultant simulations cover a diverse set of simulation paradigms that may differ intiming, resolution, scope, platforms, infrastructures and languages. The existing infrastructures and frameworks are not capable of resolving differences concerning resolution and fidelity found in such diverse simulations. RAM Laboratories' Phase IIeffort will develop a technology that semi-automates the development of middleware and model wrappers that can be used to resolve fidelity differences between models using mixed resolution modeling (MRM) techniques. This technology will allow for theimplementation of MRM interfaces utilizing a wide range of techniques including distribution and equation based techniques to advanced clustering algorithms. Use of this technology will facilitate model re-use by allowing companies to co-simulate modelsfrom diverse modeling paradigms without having to rebuild their models, thus allowing commercial companies to take advantage of legacy and third party simulation models that may already exist. The use of these models would result in great savings in termsof model construction, model validation, and model verification.