Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software
Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software
An overview of verification and validation of simulation models
WSC '87 Proceedings of the 19th conference on Winter simulation
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In this paper we will introduce a conceptual model development tool that supports a previously developed conceptual modeling process and method. Conceptual modeling is regarded as an indispensible product that includes both domain elements (related requirements) and simulation elements (related to design) especially for distributed and complex simulations. The need for conceptual modeling is obvious but detailed and comprehensive definitions for conceptual models are lacking. Lacking of established methods can be attributed to two reasons. Firstly, due to the complexity and heterogeneity of the domain of interest and simulation methods, concepts and relations cannot be captured easily. Secondly, even if domain elements are defined precisely and rigorously, the tool support for developing conceptual models is still lacking. This is also crucial in the fact most of the conceptual models are large containing large number of elements and tool support is essential for developing and updating these models. There is limited number of tools available for conceptual modeling even for established approaches. Moreover, the necessity of tool support for gaining acceptance is valid also for software engineering approaches. In this paper based on the previously defined characteristics of a conceptual model in the literature, we will list the properties that are indispensible for conceptual modeling and the importance of tool support for satisfaction of these properties. Then we will present our tool for conceptual modeling that supports both process and notation provided by the KAMA approach.