A W3C XML Schema for DEVS Scenarios

摘要

There are numerous DEVS-based simulators to configure DEVS systems and run them. Current programs or libraries are based in programming languages such as JAVA, C++, etc. The existence of these different implementations has resulted in the formation of various groups that are not able to share models and cannot capitalize on model reuse. To encourage system modeling and simulator compatibility we propose a standard representation for such models. Such a standard must be simple to manipulate and validate, and promote the integration of DEVS M&S software on different platforms. In this paper we present an XML Schema for representing the structure and the behavior of DEVS coupled scenarios. In addition, we developed a simulator (xDEVS) that can execute these XML-based scenarios over DEVS protocol. We also demonstrate how an Atomic DEVS behavior can be represented using XML by proposing the XML Schema of an atomic model as well This paper is one of the first papers in the ongoing research on M&S using XML as the communication platform.