Swappable Experimental Frames and Simulators For System of Systems Modeling and Simulations (Work In Progress)

摘要

Today, many military weapon capabilities are achieved through a System of Systems (SoS) approach. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is an affordable validation alternative to operationally testing all functionality and interfaces in a complex weapon SoS. This paper describes research in developing a mechanism for producing a simulator and experimental frame (also known as the simulation objectives) that can be reused such that only one simulator to drive all the models of an SoS simulation and one experimental frame that allows user inputs to modify parameters to test many objectives is needed. Using the definition of "swappable" to mean the ability to exchange one item for another, this mechanism also produces swappable simulators and experimental frames that allow the models not to change when the simulator and/or the objectives of the experiment change. In addition, a metrics collector is added to allow for the specification and collection of SoS metrics that can be used to identify emergent behavior among the interactions of the models. These elements provide reusable experimental frames and simulation drivers to be used with any models tied together in a simulation. A framework that accepts these simulators and experimental frames can be used for any simulation.