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An Ontology Based Domain-Specific Composable Modeling Method for Complex Simulation Systems

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Theory, Methodology, Tools and Applications for Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems (AsiaSim 2016, SCS AutumnSim 2016)

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Abstract

Simulation modeling for complex systems should be both domain-specific to reflect domain characteristics of different subsystems and composable to integrate different domain models. Current research fails to provide a unified method to meet the two requirements simultaneously. In this work, an ontology-based domain-specific composable modeling method is proposed to solve this problem. This method employs layered ontologies including an upper ontology and a series of subdomain ontologies to formally represent the knowledge of the complex simulation system; and uses the ontology knowledge to design DSMLs for each subdomain. The case study on combat systems effectiveness simulation shows that domain models designed with different DSMLs can be technically and semantically composed since they have an explicit interaction framework and a common semantic foundation.

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Acknowledgments

This work is partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61273198 and No. 71401167).

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  1. College of Information Systems and Management, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

    Xiaobo Li, Weiping Wang, Zhe Shu, Ning Zhu & Yonglin Lei

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Xiaobo Li

  3. State Key Laboratory of Complex System Simulation, Beijing Institute of System Engineering, Beijing, China

    Tianjun Liao

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Li, X., Liao, T., Wang, W., Shu, Z., Zhu, N., Lei, Y. (2016). An Ontology Based Domain-Specific Composable Modeling Method for Complex Simulation Systems. In: Zhang, L., Song, X., Wu, Y. (eds) Theory, Methodology, Tools and Applications for Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems. AsiaSim SCS AutumnSim 2016 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 643. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2663-8_34

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