Title

Study on the dynamical behavior of a real-time distributed simulation system

Authors

Authors

K. C. Lin; S. W. Tan;K. J. Chen

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Simulation

Keywords

distributed simulation system; self-organized criticality; SOC; war; games; battlefield simulation; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; TRAFFIC JAMS; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Computer Science, ; Software Engineering

Abstract

The typical time-critical distributed simulation system in military applications involves a large number of entities that interact with each other in real time. The dynamical behavior of this kind of system is very complicated. When there is a disturbance caused by, for example, time delay, the reaction of the system may not remain in the local area. Instead, it can propagate to a wide region and affect many entities. This paper uses a model called Self-Organized Criticality to explain the dynamical behavior of a real-time distributed simulation system. A generic war game program is used to simulate the real-time interactions among the entities on a battlefield. The dynamical behavior of the war game is recorded after a large number of runs with randomly generated initial conditions. The results show that the system demonstrates the characteristics of Self-Organized Criticality.

Journal Title

Simulation

Volume

74

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

11

Last Page

17

WOS Identifier

WOS:000084825700002

ISSN

0037-5497

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