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Title: Live, Virtual, Constructive Simulation Modeling using High Performance Computing There has been considerable activity in developing standards and demonstrating instances of connected simulators/simulations since interoperable simulation was first demonstrated in 1992. Additional functionality has been desired to allow interoperation between live, virtual, and constructive simulations and simulators. As stated, success has been achieved on a case by case basis, but what has not yet emerged is a detailed architecture and accompanying design guidelines or tools that are able to create viable interoperable implementations while minimizing the amount of human intervention, tweaking, and custom software development. A group has been commisioned known by as the Live, Virtual, Constructive Architecture Roadmap (LVCAR) Study (www.discussions.sisostds.org). The LVCAR and other groups working in the area of simulator interoperability have a difficult task because little data is accumulated, published, and vetted about what works and what doesn’t. Their task is further complicated by the rapid advances in technology and development methods, a dispersed base of users and developers, and the need to quickly get working prototypes to users. This research project proposes the creation of a test-bed and the generation of initial simulations where data can be gathered that depicts some of the trade-offs needed to make intelligent architectural and design decisions. The test-bed and data generation/analysis activity will be centered in Team Orlando where industry, government, and academic expertise can be tapped, as well as utilization of a new high performance computer (HPC) facility being established at the University of Central Florida. UCF has the necessary infrastructure and expertise to simulate interactions between simulators using OPNET on the HPC where repeated runs can be made and analyzed. Our goal is to
Expected outcomes An LVC analysis tool will be prototyped using the underlying OPNET software. Papers will be prepared and submitted to conferences and journals, as appropriate, which document and describe the research activity described herein. As indicated by our theoretical and experimental research objectives, the scientific promise of the proposed research will expand the fundamental understanding of data exchange and interoperability issues in different federations. Successful development of the algorithms and their implementation architectures will have profound impact simulation implementation for large scale simulation systems.
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