Towards a methodological approach to identify future M&S standard needs

  • Authors:
  • Andreas Tolk;Osman Balci;Saikou Y. Diallo;Paul A. Fishwick;Xiaolin Hu;Margaret Loper;Mikel D. Petty;Paul F. Reynolds, Jr.;Hessam Sarjoughian;Bernard P. Zeigler

  • Affiliations:
  • Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA;Virginia Tech, Torgersen Hall, Blacksburg, VA;Old Dominion University, Suffolk, VA;University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA;Georgia Tech Research Institute, Information & Communications Laboratory, Atlanta, GA;University of Alabama in Huntsville, Shelby Center, Huntsville, AL;University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA;Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ;RTSync Corp., Rockville, MD

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Although Modeling and Simulation is successfully applied for several decades, the community only established a handful of M&S specific standards. Although the standards were applied enabling worldwide distributed simulation applications, in particular in the training application domain of military simulation systems, the general success of M&S standard efforts and their potential for general applicability has been debated repeatedly during several conferences and workshop. This collection of position statements discusses related questions, such as, "What makes M&S special that we need M&S standards," "Are M&S standards truly different from Software Engineering Standards," and "What metrics can be used to measure M&S standard success," and tries to contribute to establishing a methodological approach to identify future M&S standard needs. These position statements have been contributed in preparation of a panel discussion and edited for the supporting proceedings.