Title

Mathematical Foundations For Modeling And Simulation

Keywords

Component composition; Model abstraction; Model integration; Model refinement; Modeling; Physical models; Simulation; Specification

Abstract

A tractable scientific basis is needed for M&S modeling, specification, abstraction, refinement, composition, and decomposition. While the component composition, abstraction, and refinement work of others will provide valuable insights, M&S fundamentals for physical systems must be applicable to the lowest level of knowledge about those systems. Starting with objects, components, or systems (such as the approaches from the software engineering and systems engineering literature) is too high a level. In addition, none of the published theory addresses the situational requirements issues of M&S in conjunction with the fundamental composition, abstraction, and refinement issues. As a result, M&S development, integration, and evolution are often ad hoc, based on ambiguous specifications. Additional theoretical and practical work is needed to support M&S. This paper provides an overview description of several fundamental M&S issues and outlines a recommended M&S foundations research agenda to address these issues.

Publication Date

11-26-2003

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

5091

Number of Pages

310-320

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498213

Socpus ID

0242550597 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0242550597

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