Towards automating the development of federated distributed simulations for modeling sustainable urban infrastructures

Ajitesh Jain; Richard Fujimoto; John Crittenden; Mengmeng Liu; Jongchan Kim; Zhongming Lu

doi:10.1109/WSC.2015.7408374

Towards automating the development of federated distributed simulations for modeling sustainable urban infrastructures

Ajitesh Jain, Richard Fujimoto, John Crittenden, Mengmeng Liu, Jongchan Kim, Zhongming Lu

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Abstract

The study of sustainable urban systems requires analysis of interdependencies and relationships among infrastructures and social processes. Federated simulations using the High Level Architecture is a natural approach to modeling such systems-of-systems. Simulations interoperability requires a common structure and meaning of shared data represented in a Federation Object Model (FOM). Developing the FOM and modifying simulations to comply with the FOM requires a significant amount of time and effort. We describe a system to automate portions of this task. Specifically we present a workflow by which existing simulations can be integrated in a semi-automated process to reduce the manual labor required. We use SysML to describe entities of the federated distributed simulation. These descriptions are used for automatic generation of the FOM and code required for HLA integration. Finally we present a case study applying this methodology to create a federated distributed simulation to study sustainable urban growth.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2668-2679
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467397438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408374
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015 - Huntington Beach, United States Duration: 6 Dec 2015 → 9 Dec 2015

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Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
Volume	2016-February
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

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Conference	Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Huntington Beach
Period	6/12/15 → 9/12/15

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Jain, A., Fujimoto, R., Crittenden, J., Liu, M., Kim, J., & Lu, Z. (2016). Towards automating the development of federated distributed simulations for modeling sustainable urban infrastructures. In 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015 (pp. 2668-2679). Article 7408374 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2016-February). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408374

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Jain, A, Fujimoto, R, Crittenden, J, Liu, M, Kim, J & Lu, Z 2016, Towards automating the development of federated distributed simulations for modeling sustainable urban infrastructures. in 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015., 7408374, Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, vol. 2016-February, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2668-2679, Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015, Huntington Beach, United States, 6/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408374

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Jain A, Fujimoto R, Crittenden J, Liu M, Kim J, Lu Z. Towards automating the development of federated distributed simulations for modeling sustainable urban infrastructures. In 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 2668-2679. 7408374. (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference). doi: 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408374

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