Interoperability, composability, and their implications for distributed simulation: Towards mathematical foundations of simulation interoperability

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, DS-RT

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-9

  Tolk, Andreas ^a  

^a Chief Scientist SimIS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Composability; Federation; Interoperability; Model theory; Simulation standards; Validity

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPOSABILITY; FEDERATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; MODEL THEORY; SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY; VALIDITY; VERIFICATION-AND-VALIDATION;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84893458932     PISSN: 15506525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DS-RT.2013.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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