TABLE OF CONTENTS
WORKSHOP THEME ........................................................................................................................ 1
JOINT WELCOME LETTER ............................................................................................................ 3
GENERAL INFORMATION
Registration............................................................................................................................................. 9
Workshop Papers.................................................................................................................................... 9
Message Center....................................................................................................................................... 9
SISO Website ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Exhibits................................................................................................................................................. 10
Contact Information.............................................................................................................................. 10
Key Dates ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Future SISO Workshop Dates .............................................................................................................. 11
SISO Membership ................................................................................................................................ 12
Modeling & Simulation Magazine ....................................................................................................... 12
Hotel Restaurants.................................................................................................................................. 12
Hotel Layout ......................................................................................................................................... 13
SIWZIE AWARDS
2007 Spring “SIWzie” Awards............................................................................................................. 17
2007 EURO “SIWzie” Awards ............................................................................................................ 18
2007 Fall “SIWzie” Nominees ............................................................................................................. 19
SISO LEADERSHIP .......................................................................................................................... 25
SISO SPONSORS .............................................................................................................................. 63
EXHIBITORS’ PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................ 81
PLENARY SPEAKERS-BIOGRAPHIES
Featured Speaker: CAPT. Steven Burris ........................................................................................... 87
Invited Speaker: Dr. Drew Hamilton................................................................................................... 88
Invited Speaker: Eric Watz.................................................................................................................. 89
Invited Speaker: Charles “Chuck” McLean.......................................................................................... 90
SUNDAY
Tutorials:
#1-An Introduction to Warfare Modeling & Simulation ...................................................................... 93
#2-Building Web Services Enabled Federates Using HLA Evolved.................................................... 94
#3-Simulation Conceptual Modeling (SCM) Theory and Use Cases................................................... 95
MONDAY
Newcomers’ Orientation....................................................................................................................... 99
SISO Standards 101.............................................................................................................................. 99
Distributed Interoperability Simulation (DIS) PDG........................................................................... 100
Plenary Session................................................................................................................................... 101
ALL-SISO Social ............................................................................................................................... 101
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TUESDAY
Analysis (ANL) Forum....................................................................................................................... 103
Training (TRAIN) Forum ................................................................................................................... 104
Research, Development & Engineering (RD&E) Forum ................................................................... 106
Test and Evaluation (T&E) Forum ..................................................................................................... 107
Command & Control/Modeling and Simulation Services (C2/MS) Forum ....................................... 108
Crisis Management & Societal Security (CMSS) Forum ................................................................... 109
High Level Architecture Evolved (HLA Evolved) PDG.................................................................... 110
Simulation Reference Markup Language (SRML) PDG.................................................................... 110
Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) SSG .............................................................................. 111
Generic Methodology VV&A for the Modeling & Simulation Domain (GM V&V) Drafting Grp .. 112
Cross Command Collaborative Effort (3CE) Night ........................................................................... 113
Navy Night ......................................................................................................................................... 113
WEDNESDAY
System Management & Support (SMAS) Forum............................................................................... 117
Space Community (SPACE) Forum................................................................................................... 119
Command & Control/Modeling and Simulation Services (C2/MS) Forum ....................................... 120
Information Operations-Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (IO-ISR) Forum ................ 121
Synthetic Mission Space Composability (SMS COMPOSE) Forum ................................................. 122
Distributed Simulation Process and Tools (DSPT) Forum................................................................. 123
Verification, Validation & Accreditation (VV&A) Forum ................................................................ 125
Simulated Natural Environment/Sensor Modeling (SNE/SENS) Forum ........................................... 126
Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure (CFI) Forum......................................................... 127
SIMSUMMIT Meeting/SIMSUMMIT Standards Committee Meeting ............................................. 129
Joint Services Night............................................................................................................................ 130
Core Manufacturing Simulation Data (CMSD) PDG......................................................................... 131
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) PDG................................................................................... 131
THURSDAY
Verification, Validation & Accreditation (VV&A) Summit – Part I.................................................. 135
Distributed Interoperability Simulation (DIS) PDG........................................................................... 136
Federation Development & Execution Process (FEDEP) PDG ......................................................... 136
Coalition-Battle Management Language (C-BML) PDG................................................................... 137
Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) PDG ...................................................................... 138
Base Object Model (BOM) PSG ........................................................................................................ 139
Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) PSG ............................................................ 139
SCORM – Simulation Interface Standards (SIM) SG ........................................................................ 140
Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Architecture Interoperability SG................................................... 141
Economics of M&S (ECON) SSG ..................................................................................................... 142
FRIDAY
Verification, Validation & Accreditation (VV&A) Summit – Part II ................................................ 145
Simulation Conceptual Modeling (SCM) SSG................................................................................... 146
Tactical Data Information Link-Technical Advice and LEXICON for Enabling Simulation
PSG (TADIL TALES)/Link 11 A/B Simulation Standard Network (Link 11 A/B PDG) ................. 147
PAPERS PUBLISHED BUT NOT PRESENTED......................................................................... 151
ABSTRACTS .................................................................................................................................... 155
AUTHOR INDEX............................................................................................................................. 223
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WELCOME TO THE
2007 FALL
SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY WORKSHOP
The Focus of this workshop is:
"Interoperable Modeling and Simulation in Support of Homeland and
Societal Security"
Life is changing in today's world. Global warming, natural disasters, pandemic
diseases, peace support missions, border control, and global terrorism are examples
of areas which reflect an increasing need for co-operation between military,
paramilitary, civilian governmental and non-governmental organizations. Society
depends on basic services like the water supply, power supply, wired and wireless
communications, road, railway and aviation infrastructures to remain functional.
Society is very vulnerable to disturbances in these basic services and
infrastructures and it is essential to have plans of action, technical support systems
and well trained officials, support personnel, and volunteers to be able to minimize
the effects of a crisis.
Modeling and simulation plays a key role in the transformation towards a more
robust society. Simulation-Based Acquisition is a powerful tool for developing
functional solutions to handle crisis and training solutions are essential to prepare
people for situations that go far beyond normal events.
Ralph Weber
Dynetics
ralph.weber@dynetics.com
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WELCOME TO THE 2007 FALL SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY WORKSHOP!
SISO currently has 923 active members, representing over 400 organizations, including commercial,
Academic, government, and military agencies. Our membership encompasses Australia, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
SISO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Rick Severinghaus)
On behalf of SISO's Executive Committee and our Board of Directors, welcome! I am excited to see this
Fall’s workshop again in Orlando. Our theme, Interoperable Modeling & Simulation in support of
Homeland and Societal Security, is a timely one, and extends coverage of this topic from our European
Workshop, held this past June near Genoa, Italy. You will find our agenda both informative and
stimulating – and you are most welcome to contribute to the dialog.
As I do for each Workshop, I'd like to thank everyone who contributes to SISO and our Workshops, for
all the time and effort devoted to SISO. It is worth reminding ourselves that SISO is a volunteer run
organization -- and that what we have accomplished is important, and continues to be so. Read through
the SISO products listing and you'll get a feel for the achievements of this impressive group of volunteers.
Enjoy the week here, and please participate in as much as you have energy for. It is what makes the
Workshop run, and it is what provides the rewards and satisfaction in contributing to SISO's continuing
growth. That is true for me, and I hope you will find it to be the case also.
SISO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS (Ralph Weber)
During 2007, SISO solidified its leadership in developing new products to benefit the simulation
community.
The Theme for this workshop is: "Interoperable Modeling and Simulation in Support of Homeland
and Societal Security"
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Life is changing in today's world. Global warming, natural disasters, pandemic diseases, peace
support missions, border control, and global terrorism are examples of areas which reflect an
increasing need for co-operation between military, paramilitary, civilian governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Society depends on basic services like the water supply, power
supply, wired and wireless communications, road, railway and aviation infrastructures to remain
functional. Society is very vulnerable to disturbances in these basic services and infrastructures
and it is essential to have plans of action, technical support systems and well-trained officials,
support personnel, and volunteers to be able to minimize the effects of a crisis.
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Modeling and simulation plays a key role in the transformation towards a more robust society.
Simulation-Based Acquisition is a powerful tool for developing functional solutions to handle
crisis and training solutions are essential to prepare people for situations that go far beyond
normal events.
We will continue to keep our Fall SIW in Orlando. Our Spring SIW will be taken to where we can best
interact and support the interoperability and standards needs that are brought to us. SISO is actively
reaching out to the M&S community for locations that best meet their needs. Anyone can easily submit
ideas and nominations on the Conference Committee discussion on our web page,
http://www.sisostds.org.
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Spring '08 will have us in Providence, RI. Steve Swenson and the New England Modeling and
Simulation Consortium (NEMSC) are hosting and promise to introduce SISO to entirely new
communities of interest. This will be our second collocation with our brothers in the Behavior
Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS). We expect to focus on Simulation for
Pharmacology and Biomedicine. Steve assures me that the weather during the week of 13 April 2008 will
be superior! All of us will enjoy meeting in the beautiful Westin, Hotel in downtown Providence. Be
there!
Euro '08 will see us returning to Edinburgh, Scotland. We are collocating with the Society for Modeling
and Simulation International (SCS) for the very first time in Europe. We have had several successful
collaborations with SCS in the US. This year SCS is bringing their 2008 Summer Computer Simulation
Conference (SCSC) and The International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS'08). This joint event will feature joint registration and badging;
one plenary for all attendees; a peer-reviewed joint track; and other joint activities. Graham Shanks
promises a rousing good time June 16-19, 2008 in Edinburgh. We are expecting over 400 attendees!
Don’t miss it!
The 2008 Fall SIW will return us to Orlando, but not to the Holiday Inn, International Drive. We will
meet at the newly upgraded and renovated Florida Hotel and Conference Center at the Florida Mall,
Orlando, 14-19 Sep 08. This new venue promises: 2 restaurants, pillowtop beds, refrigerators in each
room, direct connection to the Florida Mall, 32" wall mounted flat Panel TV and a Starbucks Coffee
Shop. We have not decided on the theme yet. You can send us your suggestions via email at
SISO-CC@discussions.sisostds.org.
I invite each of you to participate fully in this week's events. I hope you will find our sessions challenging
and thought provoking. I encourage all of you to get actively involved with SISO by joining us in
defining new areas for interoperability and standards and working with us to form the Study Groups and
Product Development Groups to develop the required products.
Again, please let your needs and interests be known by posting them on our Conference Committee web
board at http://www.sisostds.org.
STANDARDS ACTIVITIES (Mark McCall)
On behalf of the SISO Standards Activity Committee (SAC), I would like to welcome you to the 2007
Fall SIW. The Standards Plenary presentation has formed part of the main Plenary on Monday afternoon
for the past several years. This presentation will include an overview of the standards process and the
current issues being addressed by the SAC. Additionally, a status of the Product Development Groups
(PDGs), Product Support Groups (PSGs), Study Groups (SGs) and Standing Study Groups (SSGs) will be
provided. SISO, through its various workshops, provides a forum for simulation developers and key
experts in the field to meet and exchange ideas and to continue the development of the standards products.
The SIW week is split with Tuesday and Wednesday focusing on Forums and Thursday and Friday
focusing on PDGs, SGs, and SSGs. This approach should reduce some conflicts for participants’ time.
There are at present twelve PDGs, four PSGs, five SGs, and three SSGs directly involved in the standards
process.
The SAC facilitates and supports the development of Standards and Guidance products. The members of
the PDGs, PSGs, SGs, and SSGs do the work. Your participation is key to the development of quality
products.
The SISO SAC is recognized by the IEEE as the Standards Sponsor for Simulation Interoperability
Standards and the IEEE 1278 and IEEE 1516 series are both being updated by the DIS PDG and HLA
Evolved PDG respectively. Additionally, the VV&A Overlay PDG has completed balloting on an IEEE
Recommended Practice, IEEE 1516.4, Recommend Practice for Verification, Validation, and
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Accreditation of a Federation, and Overlay to the High Level Architecture Federation Development and
Execution Process (FEDEP).
Since the Spring SIW, the SAC with the FEDEP PDG has taken a major step in the development of broad
standards for our community. With the scheduled review/revision of IEEE 1516.3, High Level
Architecture Federation Development and Execution Process, we have begun a process to broaden the
application of the FEDEP across the common frameworks in use in our community. The Recommended
Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP) will describe a
generalized process for building and executing distributed simulation environments. Annexes to the
recommended practice will provide the recommended tailoring for a particular framework. Initially,
annexes for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA) are planned.
The DSEEP will be a new series of IEEE Recommended Practices and once approved, IEEE 1278.3 and
1516.3 will be withdrawn.
The SISO SAC maintains a liaison with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24/WG8 on Environmental Representation.
The Environmental Data Representation Standards PSG provides the primary interface to WG8.
Your participation is key to the development of quality products. The SAC encourages those interested in
standards development to attend the Standards 101 seminar on Monday to learn more about our processes.
I want to thank all of the volunteers who are participating in these efforts; the activities would not be
possible without you. I encourage distributed simulation users to identify your needs for standards
activities and become proponents for new efforts to fulfill those needs. This is your opportunity to get
involved in the process. Your expertise and participation will create better standards. Your organizations
and customers will benefit from your participation in standards activities. These benefits include
additional insight and understanding of the standards, exposure to new approaches and technologies, and
increased interaction with peers in the community.
We hope you will attend the Standards Plenary and that you will decide to take an active role in the
standards activities. If you have any questions please ask me or any member of the SAC.
A WORD TO (AND FROM) OUR SPONSORS
We extend special thanks to the SISO Sponsors for 2007! If your organization is not already a SISO
sponsor, here are some compelling reasons for doing so:
1. SISO Sponsors are the key to SISO's ability to hold the Simulation Interoperability Workshops
(SIWs) -- the best place to hear about work in the simulation interoperability community. The
SIWs bring together industry leaders and users from around the globe to debate, discuss and learn
about technologies, business opportunities, and new simulation applications.
2. SISO Sponsors have access to the members of the Executive Committee (EXCOM), who have a
strong interest in advancing simulation interoperability and its standardization.
3. SISO Sponsors enjoy benefits such as discounted registration and display space at US SIWs,
listing in the SIW agenda and on the SISO website, and access to attendee mailing lists.
4. SISO Sponsors have high visibility among SISO's loyal core membership. Many members have
been involved in simulation interoperability through DIS and now SISO for 15 years or more.
5. SISO Sponsors interact with SIW attendees, a "Who's Who" in simulation interoperability -including leading customers, developers and researchers. The SIW attendees mingle with
colleagues in a relaxed, casual environment, and discuss the future of simulation interoperability
with the people who are shaping that future.
6. SISO Sponsors benefit from SISO's association with government sponsors such as DMSO and
NAVSEA and with partner organizations such as The Society for Modeling & Simulation
International (SCS).
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7. SISO supports global events, with a global, world-class audience. SISO Sponsors have exposure
to simulation users from around the world.
8. SISO Sponsors enjoy value-added benefits such as an opportunity to publish an article in the online Simulation Technology magazine providing an up to date discussion of their work and new
products.
9. SISO sponsors have access to SISO's professional and knowledgeable staff to help utilize SISO
resources to their fullest.
10. SISO Sponsors have a role in developing the simulation standards of the future.
Please contact Duncan Miller, SISO's Executive Director, if your organization is interested in becoming a
SISO Sponsor!
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES (Duncan Miller)
As always, this Workshop represents the efforts of dozens of people. Some of them wear badges with
colored ribbons, showing the committees on which they serve. Others, including our support staff,
work behind the scenes, producing our published documents, supporting our volunteer committees,
maintaining our web site, and keeping dozens of email reflectors up to date. We ask you to talk to us,
providing positive reinforcement in areas where you think things are going well, and providing
suggestions for improvements in areas where we can do better. If you would like to become active on
a SISO committee, Study Group, Product Development/Support Group, introduce yourself to
someone already involved in a related activity. Ask them how to get more involved. Over the history
of SISO, no individual with an idea, willingness to work and a reasonable level of initiative has ever
failed to find a spot within our flexible structure to try to turn their idea into reality!
Finally, don't forget to have some fun this week as you meet colleagues you see only once or twice a
year, make new friends, and discover other people who share your enthusiasm for a particular aspect
of modeling and simulation.
Sincerely,
Rick Severinghaus
Ralph Weber
Mark McCall
Duncan Miller
Chair, SISO Executive Committee
Chair, SISO Conference Committee
Chair, SISO Standards Activity Committee
Executive Director, Conference/Workshop Activities
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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
The Registration Desk is located in the Marco Room. All registrants need to check in at the registration
desk to receive an identification badge and reference materials. Name badges must be worn at all
Workshop functions.
REGISTRATION HOURS
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
16 September 2007
17 September 2007
18 September 2007
19 September 2007
20 September 2007
1100-1900
0700-1700
0730-1600
0730-1500
0730-1200
WORKSHOP PAPERS
A hard copy of the Workshop papers is currently for sale at the Workshop. These papers may be
purchased at the registration desk for $90.00. A preliminary CD-ROM is available for $15.00 (cash,
check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card or American Express accepted).
A final version of the Workshop papers along with the highlights of the Workshop presentations will be
available on CD-ROM approximately eight to ten weeks after the Workshop. This CD is available for an
additional cost of $25.00 and will be mailed to the address you provided on your registration form.
MESSAGE CENTER
A Message Board will be located outside of registration Monday-Friday.
messages/faxes will be posted to this message board.
All incoming phone
Telephone messages:
407-351-3500 - request to speak with the Simulation
Interoperability Workshop (SIW) registration area.
FAX messages:
407-351-5727 - please be sure to specify the "SIW Workshop"
on the cover sheet.
SISO WEBSITE
For information about SISO Workshops, Elections, the SISO on-line magazine Simulation Technology,
how to subscribe/unsubscribe to the reflector and much more, visit our website at:
http://www.sisostds.org
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EXHIBITS
The exhibits are located in Citrus Ballrooms A and B. There will be an array of exhibiting companies,
each demonstrating new and evolving technology in the industry. Make it a part of your conference plans
to visit the exhibits. See the Exhibitor's Program in this agenda book for information about the companies
that are sponsoring an exhibit booth. See below for the Exhibit hours and list of Exhibitors:
EXHIBIT HOURS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
17 September 2007
18 September 2007
19 September 2007
1430-1530
0900-1200
0900-1300
1630-1900
1300-1700
EXHIBITORS
Company
Booth #
MÄK Technologies
Calytrix Technologies
Raytheon Virtual Technology Corp.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
SISO MEMBERS, Please keep your contact information current!
Please verify/update your SISO Membership contact information at the below URL:
http://www.sisostds.org/
and click on the SISO Membership globe in the top right hand side bar and select: “Log into the SISO
Member Database”. Don’t forget to select "SUBMIT" to save any changes that you make to your
information!
If you have any questions, please email Pat Burgess at pburgess@ist.ucf.edu
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KEY DATES
Below is the Preliminary Workshop Schedule for the upcoming 2008 Spring Joint SIW/BRIMS (17th)
Joint conference which will be held at the Westin Providence Hotel Resort in Providence, RI from
13-18 April 2008.
Call for Papers Issued:
Abstracts Due:
Paper Due in Electronic Form:
FINAL Electronic Copy of Paper:
2008 Spring SIW Opens:
11 Oct 2007
3 Dec 2007
6 Feb 2008
6 Mar 2008
13 Apr 2008
NOTE: Submission of abstracts and papers should be coordinated directly with the Forum Chair or
designated Conference Committee Point of Contact (POC) for a specific session. Names and email
addresses of these individuals may be found on the SISO web site at:
http://www.sisostds.org/committees.htm
or reference the SISO Leadership section of this agenda book.
To submit an abstract, go to our SISO web site at: http://www.sisostds.org/ and select 2008 Spring
Workshop. If you have any problems submitting an abstract to the website, please contact:
Pat Burgess
Phone: 407-882-1372
pburgess@ist.ucf.edu
FUTURE SISO WORKSHOP DATES
Upcoming SISO Workshop Dates - 2008
2008 Spring SIW (Joint with BRIMS)
Providence, RI
13-18 Apr 2008
2008 BRIMS (Joint with SISO)
Providence, RI
14-17 Apr 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland
16-19 Jun 2008
Orlando, FL
14-19 Sep 2008
2008 Euro SIW (Joint with SCS)
2008 Fall SIW
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SISO MEMBERSHIP
You are automatically enrolled as a SISO Member by being a registered and paid attendee of this workshop.
All new SISO members will receive a SISO membership number via email approximately 2 weeks
following this workshop. Your membership number will allow you to download papers and documents
from the SISO website, participate in SISO Elections, and participate in the development of SISO Products.
To find information on the many benefits of being a SISO Member, please log into the SISO website at
http://www.sisostds.org/membership.htm
and click on the SISO Membership globe in the top right hand side bar.
If you should have any questions concerning your membership ID number, please contact Pat Burgess at
407-882-1372 or email pburgess@ist.ucf.edu.
MODELING & SIMULATION MAGAZINE
Modeling & Simulation Magazine is the general interest publication provided to the membership of The
Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Inc. (formerly The Society for Computer Simulation).
We welcome contributions from all members of the modeling and simulation community. You can
purchase a subscription to this magazine at the registration desk. The yearly subscription fee is $35.00.
HOTEL RESTAURANTS
The Holiday Inn has 3 restaurants on site:
FRONT STREET CAFE
CORAL KEY LOUNGE
CONVENIENCE COURT
0700- 1100
1100 - 1400
1800 - 2130
1700 - 2400
0630 - 2200
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
(Light Lunch/Cocktails)
(Featuring Little Caesar's Pizza,
Mrs. Fields Cookies, salads, Barnies Coffee,
frozen yogurt, etc.)
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HOTEL LAYOUT
Holiday Inn – International Drive
Tower Atrium Building
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“SIWzie AWARDS”
2007 SPRING “SIWzie” Awarded Papers
Below is the list of papers that will receive a 2007 Spring “SIWzie” Award certificate at this conference.
The papers are listed in descending order of consensus among the judges. Equally ranked papers are
listed in numerical order. All of these papers may be accessed via the SISO web site at:
http://www.sisostds.org/siw.htm
07S-SIW-036
Battle Management Language: A Grammar for Specifying Reports
Dr. Ulrich Schade, FGAN-FKIE
Dr. Michael Hieb, George Mason University
07S-SIW-108
An Overview of the HLA Evolved Modular FOMs
Björn Möller, Pitch Technologies
Björn Löfstrand, Pitch Technologies
Mikael Karlsson, Pitch Technologies
07S-SIW-067
DIS: Does Interoperability Suffice? A Need to Set a Higher Standard
Brian T. Schreiber, Lumir Research Institute
Eric A. Watz, Lumir Research Institute
Winston Bennett, Jr., Air Force Research Laboratory
07S-SIW-099
Adaptive Generative Grammar for JC3IEDM Web Services
Saikou Y. Diallo, VMASC
Dr. Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University
07S-SIW-042
Directed Energy Modeling and Simulation Experiment Results
Joe Sorroche, DMOC/ASRCC
Riley Rainey, SDS International - Advanced Technologies Division
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2007 EURO “SIWzie” Awarded Papers
Below is the list of papers that will receive a 2007 EURO “SIWzie” Award certificate at this conference.
These papers are listed in descending order of consensus among the judges. Equally ranked papers are listed
in numerical order. These papers may be accessed via the SISO web site at:
http://www.sisostds.org/siw.htm
07E-SIW-032
HLA Simulation of Agent-Based Bacterial Models
Michael Lees, University of Nottingham
Brian Logan, University of Nottingham
John King, University of Nottingham
07E-SIW-056
A Distributed Crowd Behavior Model Using Game Technology
Lisa J. Moya, Werner Anderson, Inc.
Dr. Eric W. Weisel, Werner Anderson, Inc.
Frederic (Rick) D. McKenzie, VMASC
Quynh-Anh (Mimi) H. Nguyer, VMASC
Dr. Mikel D. Petty, University of Alabama
07E-SIW-052
Data, Models, Federations, and Conceptual Links via Common
Reference Models
Dr. Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University
Saikou Diallo, VMASC
Charles Turnitsa, VMASC
07E-SIW-043
A Framework for Integrating Command and Control Systems,
Geographic Information Systems and Simulations
Dr. J. Mark Pullen, George Mason University
Dr. Michael R. Hieb, George Mason University
David Swann, ESRI
Gary Scoffield, ESRI
Kay Pedersen, Systematic Software Engineering A/S
James Muguira, Systematic Software Engineering A/S
Dr. Michael Powers, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
07E-SIW-066
Semantically Rich Interfaces for Simulation Interoperability
Andrea-Emilio Rizzoli, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Hongtao Li, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Francois Marechal, Laboratory for Industrial Energy Systems
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2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award Nominees
The following papers have been nominated by the SISO Conference Committee as candidates for
inclusion in the Recommended Reading List (“SIWzie Awards”) for this 2007 Fall Simulation
Interoperability Workshop. The final “SIWzie” Award winning papers will be announced several weeks
after the workshop and posted to the website at:
http://www.sisostds.org/siw.htm
Those papers nominated for the 2007 Fall “SIWzie Awards” are annotated with the “SIWzie” icon
next to the paper number. You can reference the “Abstract” section of this agenda book for the
day/time(s) when each is scheduled to be presented during this workshop.
07F-SIW-010
Marine Advance Unit, Infantry (MAUI) Study
Jane Bachman, NSWCDD-Teams
Lynda Hester, NSWCDD-Teams
Earl Richardson, MCCDC
Capt. (USMC), Kecia Wright, NSWCDD-Teams
07F-SIW-012
The Informal Simulation Conceptual Modeling – Insights from Ongoing Projects
Jake Borah, AEgis Technologies Group
07F-SIW-026
Concepts and Evaluation of Simulation Model Reusability
Dr. Yonglin Lei, University of Defence Technology
Wen-guang Wang, University of Defence Technology
Qun Li, University of Defence Technology
Wei-ping Wang, University of Defence Technology
07F-SIW-036
Cross Command Collaboration Environment (3CE): Multipurpose Platform
for Simulation
Arthur Sheppard, Wireless Facilities, Inc.
07F-SIW-042
A Common M&S Credibility Criteria-set Supports Multiple Problem
Domains
J. P. Hale, NASA
B.L. Hartway, AEgis Technologies Group
D. A. Thomas, AEgis Technologies Group
(Cont’d)
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07F-SIW-044
A Proposed Open System Architecture for Modeling and
Simulation (OSAMS)
Jennifer Park, SPAWAR Systems Center
Dr. Jeffrey Steinman, WarpIV Technologies, Inc.
Bruce “Wally” Walter, L3-Titan
Nathan Delane, EG&G Technical Services
07F-SIW-054
A System View of C-BML
Dr. Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University
Charles Turnitsa, VMASC
Saikou Diallo, VMASC
07F-SIW-065
Applying the Mission Essential Competency Development Process to
an Emergency Operations Center
George Alliger, The Group for Organizational Effectiveness, Inc,
William Baetz, The Group for Organizational Effectiveness, Inc,
Daniel Narigon, Alion Science and Technology
Winston Bennett, Jr., Air Force Research Laboratory
Capt.Kristen Barrera, Air Force Research Laboratory
07F-SIW-069
Making Your BOMs and FOM Modules Play Together
Björn Löfstrand, Pitch
Björn Möller, Pitch
Paul Gustavson, Simventions Inc.
Robert Lutz, Johns Hopkins University
07F-SIW-076
Enhancing Virtual Simulation Systems Interoperability through V-DIS
Lance Marrou, Science Application International Corp. (SAIC)
Mark Faulk, Science Application International Corp, (SAIC)
Terry Tyson, Lockheed Martin
Brian Kemper, US Army Program
07F-SIW-077
Applying the Base Object Model to the Torpedo Enterprise Advanced
Modeling and Simulation Initiative
Jim Watkins, University of Texas at Austin
Pierre Lallemen, Pennsylvania State University
David Diederich, Pennsylvania State University
07F-SIW-081
Joint Interaction Validation
Eugene Stoudenmire, Alion Science Technology, Inc
Michael A. White, Alion Science Technology, Inc
Kristen Roy, Alion Science Technology, Inc
07F-SIW-094
Using Neurobiologically Inspired Algorithms to Control Multiple
Unmanned Air Vehicles
Bret Givens,A., Infoscitex
Matthew Duquette, AFRL/VACD
Adam Parry. AFRL/VACD
Kevin Allen, General Dynamics
(Cont’d)
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07F-SIW-099
Next Steps in Simulation Standards Development
Dr. Martin Stytz, Institute for Defense Analyses.
Dr. Sheila Banks, Calculated Insight
07F-SIW-106
An Architectural Framework for Defining and Managing Mapping
Simulation Entities to C4I Representation through Equipment Type
Composition and Substitution
Kevin Gupton, Signal and Information Sciences Laboratory
Bruce Carlton, Signal and Information Sciences Laboratory
Gary Farmer, Signal and Information Sciences Laboratory
Carolyn Hare, Signal and Information Sciences Laboratory
07F-SIW-114
Harmonization as an Approach to International Standards for Space
Simulation
Priscilla Elfrey, NASA, Kennedy Space Center
07F-SIW-116
Practical Verification and Validation (V&V) of System of Systems
(SoS) Federation
Joseph M. Olah, Science and Technology Corporation (STC)
07F-SIW-117
Automatic and Real-Time Visualization of NASA Constellation
Vehicle Simulations
Wesley N. Colley, University of Alabama
Gregory S. Reed, University of Alabama
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SISO LEADERSHIP
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO)
2007 Executive Committee (EXCOM) Members
Severinghaus, Rick (2008)
Sharp, Richard (2008+)
O’Connor, Michael (2009)
Goad, Ken (A)
Igarza, Jean-Louis (A)
Knight, Sam (2007)
Lightner, Mike (2009+)
Mattson, Anders (2007)
McCall, James (Mark) (X)
Ocasio, Shel (2007+)
Shanks, Graham (2008)
Tolk, Andreas (2009)
Weber, Ralph (X)
rick.severinghaus@d-a-s.com
Richard.Sharp@wpafb.af.mil
michael.oconnor@itt.com
Kenneth.goad@jfcom.mil
jeanlouis.igarza@free.fr
snknight@link.com
mlightner@aegistg.com
am@c4i.se
james.mccall@mesa.afmc.af.mil
Shel@Ocasios.com
graham.shanks@baesystems.com
atolk@odu.edu
ralph.weber@dynetics.com
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
SAC Chair
CC Chair
2008 Executive Committee (EXCOM) Members - Newly Elected
Severinghaus, Rick (2008)
Sharp, Richard (2008+)
O’Connor, Michael (2009)
Hollenbach, Jim (2010+)
Lightner, Mike (2009+)
Lutz, Bob (2010+)
McCall, James (Mark) (2010+)
Morse, Katherine L.(X)
Shanks, Graham (2008)
Tolk, Andreas (2009)
Weber, Ralph (X)
rick.severinghaus@d-a-s.com
Richard.Sharp@wpafb.af.mil
michael.oconnor@itt.com
jimh@simstrat.com
mlightner@aegistg.com
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
james.mccall@mesa.afmc.af.mil
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
graham.shanks@baesystems.com
atolk@odu.edu
ralph.weber@dynetics.com
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
SAC Chair
CC Chair
(A) = Appointed Committee member (term expires each fall)
(X) = Ex-officio member of committee (term expires each fall)
+ = eligible for re-election
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2007 Conference Committee (CC) Members
Weber, Ralph (2008)
Mullins, Tom (2008)
Vacancy
Givens, Bret (A)
Banks, Catherine (2007+)
Beeker, Emmet (2007+)
Bennett Jr., Wink (2008+)
Cohen, Charles (2007+)
Doan, Hoang (2007+)
Morse, Katherine L. (X)
Swenson, Steve (2008+)
Tegnér, Jan (2007+)
Vernucci, Anthony (2008+)
Wiehagen, Gene (A)
ralph.weber@dynetics.com
thomas.mullins@wpafb.af.mil
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
bgivens@infoscitex.com
cmbanks@odu.edu
ebeeker@mitre.org
winston.bennett@mesa.afmc.af.mil
ccohen@cybernet.com
hoang.doan@navy.mil
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
sswenson@aegistg.com
Jan.tegner@saabsystems.se
tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
gene.b.wiehagen@us.army.mil
SAC Vice Chair
SISO Executive Director
Conference/Workshop Activities
Duncan Miller
dmiller@sisostds.org
2008 Conference Committee (CC) Members - Newly Elected
Weber, Ralph (2008)
Mullins, Tom (2008)
Vacancy
Givens, Bret (A)
Bachman, Jane (X)
Beeker, Emmet (2009)
Bennett Jr., Wink (2008+)
Doan, Hoang (2009+)
Rouget, Chris (2009+)
Swenson, Steve (2008+)
Vernucci, Anthony (2008+)
Vacancy
Vacancy
ralph.weber@dynetics.com
thomas.mullins@wpafb.af.mil
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
bgivens@infoscitex.com
jane.bachman@navy.mil
ebeeker@mitre.org
winston.bennett@mesa.afmc.af.mil
hoang.doan@navy.mil
cjrouget@preforce.demon.co.uk
sswenson@aegistg.com
tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
SAC Vice Chair
SISO Executive Director
Conference/Workshop Activities
Duncan Miller
dmiller@sisostds.org
(A) = Appointed Committee member (term expires each fall)
(X) = Ex-officio member of committee (term expires each fall)
+ = eligible for re-election
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2007 Standards Activity Committee (SAC) Members
McCall, James (Mark) (2007)
Morse, Katherine L. (2008)
Rouget, Chris (2007)
Bachman, Jane (2007+)
Bailey, Grant (A)
Elliott, D. Robert (2008+)
Gravitz, Peggy (A)
Gustavson, Paul (2008+)
Hansen, Scott (A)
Kogler, Jim (2007+)
Montgomery, James (2008)
Mullins, Tom (X)
Oates, William (2008+)
Peplow, Ken (A)
Reed, J.R. (2007+)
james.mccall@mesa.afmc.af..mil
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
cjrouget@preforce.demon.co.uk
Jane.Bachman@navy.mil
jbts-net4@dpa.mod.uk
bob.elliott@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
pgravitz@aegistg.com
pgustavson@simventions.com
scott.hansen@ngc.com
jkogler@mak.com
james.montgomery@us.army.mil
thomas.mullins@wpafb.af.mil
william.oates@afams.af.mil
Kenneth.w.peplow@saic.com
james.reed@jfcom.mil
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
CC Vice Chair
2008 Standards Activity Committee (SAC) Members - Newly Elected
Morse, Katherine L. (2008)
Bachman, Jane (2009)
Peplow, Ken (2009+)
Bailey, Grant (2009+)
Elliott, D. Robert (2008+)
Fann, Joey (2009+)
Gravitz, Peggy (A)
Gustavson, Paul (2008+)
Hansen, Scott (A)
Kogler, Jim (2009)
Montgomery, James (2008)
Mullins, Tom (X)
Oates, William (2008+)
Sheasby, Steven (A)
Vacancy
(A)
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
O’Connor, Michael
Knight, Sam
Katz, Warren
Weber, Ralph
Griffin, Allison
Chairman
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
Jane.Bachman@navy.mil
Kenneth.w.peplow@saic.com
jbts-net4@dpa.mod.uk
bob.elliott@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
joey.fann@itt.com
pgravitz@aegistg.com
pgustavson@simventions.com
scott.hansen@ngc.com
jkogler@mak.com
james.montgomery@us.army.mil
thomas.mullins@wpafb.af.mil
william.oates@afams.af.mil
ssheasby@raytheon.com
CC Vice Chair
SISO Inc. – Board of Directors
michael.oconnor@itt.com
snknight@link.com
wkatz@mak.com
ralph.weber@dynetics.com
allison.griffin@itt.com
Mailing Address:
SISO, Inc.
P.O. Box 781238
Orlando, Florida USA 32878-1238
(A) = Appointed Committee member (term expires each fall)
(X) = Ex-officio member of committee (term expires each fall)
+ = eligible for re-election
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2007 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
USER COMMUNITY FORUMS
• Analysis Forum
• Research, Development and Engineering Forum
• Test and Evaluation Forum
• Training Forum
SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
Applications Track
• Space Community Forum
• System Management and Support Forum
Distributed Simulation Development Track
Study Groups, Product Development
Groups & Special Sessions
•
•
•
•
•
Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure Forum
Distributed Simulation Process and Tools Forum
Synthetic Mission Space Composability Forum
Simulated Natural Environment/ Sensor Modeling Forum
Verification, Validation & Accreditation Forum
C4ISR Track
• Command & Control/Modeling & Simulation Services Forum
• Information Operations – Intelligence, Surveillance &
Reconnaissance Forum
USER COMMUNITY FORUMS
ANL
RD&E
T&E
TRAIN
Analysis Forum
Research, Development and Engineering Forum
Test and Evaluation Forum
Training Forum
SMAS
SPACE
APPLICATIONS TRACK
System Management and Support
Space Community Forum
CFI
DSPT
SMS-COMPOSE
SNE/SENS
VV&A
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure Forum
Distributed Simulation Process and Tools Forum
Synthetic Mission Space Composability Forum
Simulated Natural Environment/Sensor Modeling Forum
Verification, Validation & Accreditation Forum
C2/MS
IO-ISR
C4ISR TRACK
Command & Control/Modeling & Simulation Services Forum
Information Operations - Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Forum
SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
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TRACK MANAGER ASSIGNMENTS
Emmet Beeker
User Community Track Manager
Charles Cohen
Exhibitor Liaison
Hoang Doan
Applications Track Manager
Tony Vernucci
Distributed Simulation Development Track Manager
Duncan Miller
Executive Director, Conference/Workshop Activities
Katherine L. Morse
SAC Vice Chair (IEEE CS SAB liaison)
Tom Mullins
CC Vice Chair, C4ISR Track Manager, SISO Web QA,
Speaker Committee Chair, 2007 Fall Conference Theme Chair
Ralph Weber
CC Chair, Theme Chair
STANDARDS ORGANIZATION LIAISONS
◆ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS)
- High Level Architecture (HLA)
Dr. Katherine L. Morse
◆ International Organization for Standardization
- Spatial Reference Model (SRM)
- Environmental Data Coding Specification EDCS)
Chris Rouget
◆ North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Coordination continues through the NATO M&S Group NMSG) for official NATO recognition of
SISO as an accredited Standards Development Organization
Dr. Jean-Louis Igarza
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STUDY GROUPS (SG)
DEVS
Discrete-Event Systems Specification Study Group
LVC
Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) Architecture Interoperability
MODE 5/S IFF
Mode 5/Mode S Identification Friend or Foe Study Group
MESSAGE-SIM
Message Passing for Simulation-Based Collaboration Engineering Design
SCORM-SIM
SCORM-Simulation Interface Standards Study Group
TC
Transfer of Control Study Group
STANDING STUDY GROUPS (SSG)
CIGI
Common Image Generator Interface Standing Study Group
ECON
Economics of Modeling & Simulation M&S Standing Study Group
SCM
Simulation Conceptual Modeling Standing Study Group
SISO-AUSTRALIA
SISO Australia Standing Study Group
C-BML
Coalition-Battle Management Language Product Development Group
CMSD
Core Manufacturing Simulation Data Product Development Group
CSPI
COTS Simulation Package Interoperability Product Development Group
DIS
Distributed Interactive Simulation Product Development Group
GM-V&V
Generic Methodology for VV&A Product Development Group
FEDEP
Federation Development and Execution Process Product Development
HLA-Evolved
High Level Architecture (HLA) – Evolved Product Development Group
Link 11 A/B
Link 11 A/B Simulation Standard Product Development Group
MSDL
Military Scenario Definition Language Product Development Group
RPR FOM
Real-Time Platform Reference Federation Object Model Product
Development Group
SRML
Simulation Reference Markup Language Product Development Group
VV&A
Verification, Validation & Accreditation Overlay to Federation
Development Product Development Group
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (PDG)
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PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUPS
BOM
Base Object Model Product Support Group
DIS
Distributed Interactive Simulation Product Support Group
EDRS
Environmental Data Representation Standards Product Support Group
TADIL TALES
Tactical Digital Information Link – Technical Advice and Lexicon for
Enabling Simulation Product Support Group
(formerly TDL)
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SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY WORKSHOP
(SIW) FORUMS
USER COMMUNITY FORUMS
Track Manager – Emmet Beeker – ebeeker@mitre.org
Analysis (ANL) Forum
2007 Fall - ANL Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Cam Tran
Vice Chair: John Fay
Secretary: Emmet Beeker
LTC Dale Henderson
Wayne Lindo
James Soriano
LTC John Willis
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
Jacobs Technology Inc.
The MITRE Corp.
US Military Academy
AT&T Government Solutions
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
US Military Academy
cam.tran@navy.mil
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
ebeeker@mitre.org
dale.henderson@usma.edu
wlindo@att.com
jamsoria@spawar.navy.mil
john.willis@usma.edu
The Analysis (ANL) forum focuses on interoperability issues and uses of distributed models and
simulations by the analysis community, including issues of experiment design and data analysis, analysis
issues in Advanced Distributed Simulation (ADS) and Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA), requirements
definition, use cases (both success and failure).
2008 Spring/Fall - ANL Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Cam Tran
Vice Chair: Wayne Lindo
Secretary: John Fay
Emmet Beeker
Lt. Benson Lo
James Soriano
LTC John Willis
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
AT&T Government Services
Jacobs Technology Inc.
The MITRE Corp.
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
US Military Academy
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cam.tran@navy.mil
wlindo@att.com
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
ebeeker@mitre.org
benson.lo@navy.mil
jamsoria@spawar.navy.mil
john.willis@usma.edu
SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY WORKSHOP
(SIW) FORUMS
USER COMMUNITY FORUMS
Track Manager – Emmet Beeker – ebeeker@mitre.org
Research, Development & Engineering (RD&E) Forum
2007 Fall - RD&E Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Cynthia Ballard
Vice Chair: Charles Cohen
Secretary: John Fay
Mary Christopher
Lloyd Copeland
Michelle Herman
Mike Lightner
Robert McGraw
Doug Wood
F-35 PO (640 AES Squadron)
Cybernet Systems Corp.
Jacobs Technology Inc.
CACI Technologies
ITT Industries
BFA Systems Inc.
AEgis Technologies
Ram Laboratories, Inc
MÄK Technologies
Cynthia.Ballard.ctr@jsf.mil
ccohen@cybernet.com
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
mary.christopher@wpafb.af.mil
lloyd.copeland@itt.com
michelle.herman@bfasystems.com
mlightner@aegistg.com
rmcgraw@ramlabs.com
dwood@mak.com
The Research, Development & Engineering (RD&E) forum addresses issues and applications of distributed
M&S within the RDE domain, including requirements for backward compatibility between simulations and
distributed simulation infrastructures. RDE focuses on community requirements and experiences with new
applications using distributed computing technologies. RDE specifically solicits papers that advance the
"state of the art" and/or take a position, however controversial. Authors targeting papers to the RDE Forum
must include, as the final slide in their presentations, a summary of the paper's key findings or concepts and
identifying issues for the RDE Community.
2008 Spring/Fall - RD&E Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Cynthia Ballard
Vice Chair: Charles Cohen
Secretary: John Fay
Mary Christopher
Lloyd Copeland
Michelle Herman
Doug Wood
Vacancy
Vacancy
F-35 PO (640 AES Squadron)
Cybernet Systems Corp.
Jacobs Technology Inc.
CACI Technologies
ITT Industries
BFA Systems Inc.
MÄK Technologies
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Cynthia.Ballard.ctr@jsf.mil
ccohen@cybernet.com
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
mary.christopher@wpafb.af.mil
lloyd.copeland@itt.com
michelle.herman@bfasystems.com
dwood@mak.com
SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY WORKSHOP
(SIW) FORUMS
USER COMMUNITY FORUMS
Track Manager – Emmet Beeker – ebeeker@mitre.org
Test and Evaluation (T&E) Forum
2007 Fall - T&E Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Geoff Sauerborn
Vice Chair: Sharon Hardy
Vice Chair: Wayne Lindo
Derrick Briscoe
Manuel "Manny" Reyes
US Army Research Lab
WESTAR – Aerospace & Defense Group
AT&T Government Solutions
ITT Industries
U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range
geoffs@arl.army.mil
hardy@westar.com
wlindo@att.com
derrick.briscoe@itt.com
manny.reyes@us.army.mil
The Test & Evaluation (T&E) forum addresses uses of distributed simulation in test and evaluation (T&E),
including the integration of live entities with virtual and constructive simulations; the integration of
hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), Integrated Systems Test Facilities (ISTFs), and other T&E facilities with
distributed simulations; the use of simulation to test and evaluate C4ISR, Systems of Systems (SoS), Family
of Systems (FoS), and interoperability; and performance issues in using distributed simulation in T&E
applications.
2008 Spring/Fall - T&E Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Sharon Hardy
Vice Chair: Wayne Lindo
Secretary: Derrick Briscoe
Vivian Crouch
Vacancy
WESTAR – Aerospace & Defense Group
AT&T Government Solutions
ITT Industries
University of South Australia
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hardy@westar.com
wlindo@att.com
derrick.briscoe@itt.com
Vivian.Crouch@unisa.edu.au
SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY WORKSHOP
(SIW) FORUMS
USER COMMUNITY FORUMS
Track Manager – Emmet Beeker – ebeeker@mitre.org
Training (TRAIN) Forum
2007 Fall - TRAIN Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Scott Johnston
Vice Chair: Eugene Stoudenmire
Secretary: Wink Bennett, Jr.
Anya Andrews
David W. Calkin
Robert Chapman
Orris Hambleton
Mike Niven
Michael D. Woodman
Presagis, Inc
Alion Science & Technology.
AFMC
Novonics Corp
AAI Corp.
Alion
SeiCorp, Inc.
QinetiQ
Indra Systems, Inc
scott.johnston@presagis.com
astoudenmire@earthlink.net
winston.bennett@mesa.afmc.af.mil
aandrews@novonics.com
calkin@aaicorp.com
bob.chapman@langley.af.mil
orris.hambleton@pentagon.af.mil
mniven@taz.QinetiQ.com
mwoodman@indra-systems.com
The Training (TRAIN) forum focuses on issues associated with using simulations to support the acquisition
of knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes through education, training, and performance support. We
solicit papers addressing simulation-based learning in industry, academia, and government (including
the DOD), particularly those identifying interoperability or standards shortfalls or requirements. Special
interest topics: (1) simulation support of all aspects of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and
Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) programs: education, training, and performance support (e.g.,
embedded training, Computer-Based Training, automated performance assessment, mission rehearsal,
Course of Action analysis, etc.); (2) simulation support to training events associated with Small Scale
Contingencies (SSCs), Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), Support and Stability Operations
(SASO), and other related combat and non-combat activities; (3) single vs multi-player/student training
issues or lessons learned (individual vs collective/team simulation-based learning) and; (4) game and
game technology support to training events.
2008 Spring/Fall - TRAIN Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Scott Johnston
Vice Chair: Eugene Stoudenmire
Secretary: Wink Bennett, Jr.
Anya Andrews
Robert Chapman
Orris Hambleton
Mike Niven
Sherry Steward
Michael D. Woodman
Presagis, Inc
Alion Science and Technology
AFMC
Novonics Corp
Alion
SeiCorp, Inc.
QinetiQ
DEI Services Corp.
Indra Systems, Inc
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scott.johnston@presagis.com
astoudenmire@earthlink.net
winston.bennett@mesa.afmc.af.mil
aandrews@novonics.com
bob.chapman@langley.af.mil
orris.hambleton@pentagon.af.mil
mniven@taz.QinetiQ.com
ssteward@deicorp.net
mwoodman@indra-systems.com
SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
APPLICATION TRACK
Track Manager – Hoang Doan – hoang.doan@navy.mil
System Management and Support (SMAS) Forum
Apr 2007- The SAPD, LOG, and VWS forums merged into this System Management and Support (SMAS) Forum
2007 Fall - SMAS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Timothy Jahren
Co-Vice Chair: James Coolahan
Co-Vice Chair: Kenneth Konwin
Secretary: John Fay
Daniel Cerys
Richard Reading
Sherry Steward
Raytheon Company
Johns Hopkins University/APL
Booz Allen Hamilton
Jacobs Technology Inc.
BBN Technologies
Cutlass Systems Engineering LLC
DEI Services Corp.
Timothy_N_Jahren@raytheon.com
james.coolahan@jhuapl.edu
konwin_kenneth@bah.com
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
cerys@bbn.com
reading@cutlass-se.com
ssteward@deicorp.net
The System Management and Support (SMAS) forum focuses on M&S and related enablers of integrated,
collaborative enterprises for system/vehicle or weapon system product development, particularly from a lifecycle wide, mission capability/system-of-systems perspective. Topics of interest include policy, processes, tool
suite strategies, information management, global commercial operations, and enterprise process simulations,
collaboration/optimization means and work force implications. The latter include but are not limited to
executable models of work flow, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and customer, patient, crowd, or
traffic flow. Priority is on actual, broadly-applicable experiences in these areas.
2008 Spring/Fall - SMAS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Timothy Jahren
Co-Vice Chair: James Coolahan
Co-Vice Chair: Kenneth Konwin
Secretary: John Fay
Daniel Cerys
Richard Reading
Sherry Steward
Raytheon Company
Johns Hopkins University/APL
Booz Allen Hamilton
Jacobs Technology Inc.
BBN Technologies
Cutlass Systems Engineering LLC
DEI Services Corp.
Timothy_N_Jahren@raytheon.com
james.coolahan@jhuapl.edu
konwin_kenneth@bah.com
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
cerys@bbn.com
reading@cutlass-se.com
ssteward@deicorp.net
The System Management and Support (SMAS) forum focuses on M&S and related enablers of integrated,
collaborative enterprises for system/vehicle or weapon system product development, particularly from a lifecycle wide, mission capability/system-of-systems perspective. Topics of interest include policy, processes, tool
suite strategies, information management, global commercial operations, and enterprise process simulations,
collaboration/optimization means and work force implications. The latter include but are not limited to
executable models of work flow, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and customer, patient, crowd, or
traffic flow. Priority is on actual, broadly-applicable experiences in these areas.
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SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
APPLICATION TRACK
Track Manager – Hoang Doan – hoang.doan@navy.mil
Space Community (SPACE) Forum
2007 Fall – SPACE Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Priscilla Elfrey
Vice Chair: Bob Gravitz
Secretary: Vacancy
Randy Brown
Mike Conroy
Edwin (Zach) Crues
Paul Eckert
Kenneth “Crash” Konwin
Rick Sharp
Doug Walker
NASA
AEgis Technologies
priscilla.r.elfrey@nasa.gov
bgravitz@aegistg.com
Virtual Heroes, Inc
NASA/IT-C
NASA, Johnson Space Ctr
USAF Space Command
Booz Allen Hamilton
USAF
Dynamic Animation Systems
randy.brown@virtualheroes.com
Michael.conroy@nasa.gov
Edwin.z.crues@nasa.gov
paul.eckert@cisf.af.mil
konwin_kenneth@bah.com
Richard.Sharp@wpafb.af.mil
dwalker@d-a-s.com
The Space forum is being developed to facilitate efforts to move off the planet. The SISO Space Forum
will, in particular, elicit practical suggestions for bridging NASA/KSC advanced visualization simulation
for operations and the MS&T community. Panelists will address life cycle simulation issues – design,
assembly, integration, test, check-out, launch, landing, recovery and refurbishment—for space exploration.
2008 Spring/Fall – SPACE Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Priscilla Elfrey
Vice Chair: Mike Conroy
Secretary: Alan Hudson
Randy Brown
Edwin (Zach) Crues
Kenneth “Crash” Konwin
Danny Thomas
Vacancy
Vacancy
NASA
NASA/IT-C
Yumetech
Viirtual Heroes, Inc
NASA, Johnson Space Ctr
Booz Allen Hamilton
AEgis Technologies
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priscilla.r.elfrey@nasa.gov
Michael.conroy@nasa.gov
giles@yumetech.com
randy.brown@virtualheroes.com
Edwin.z.crues@nasa.gov
konwin_kenneth@bah.com
d.thomas@aegistg.com
SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS,
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR)
TRACK
Track Manager – Tom Mullins – Thomas.Mullins@wpafb.af.mil
Command & Control/Modeling and Simulation Services (C2/MS)
2007 Fall – C2/MS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: John Daly
Vice Chair: Andreas Tolk
Secretary: Tom Mullins
Per Gustavsson
John Kent
Dr. Robert McGraw
Donald Timian
Cam Tran
Charles Turnitsa
Booz Allen Hamilton
Old Dominion University
USAF
ERICSSON
QinetiQ
Ram Laboratories, Inc.
Army Test & Evaluation Command
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
VMASC/Old Dominion University
daly_john@bah.com
atolk@odu.edu
thomas.mullins@wpafb.af.mil
per.gustavsson@his.se
jrkent@qinetiq.com
rmcgraw@ramlabs.com
donald.timian@atec.army.mil
cam.tran@navy.mil
cturnits@odu.edu
The C2/M&S Services Forum addresses standards to ensure interoperability when coupling simulation and
C2 systems; standards to ensure composability when integrating simulation components and C2 components
into a common framework; and standards to represent C2 systems and the underlying infrastructure within
simulation applications. The C2/M&S Services Forum is looking for papers dealing with:
* Network Centric services/Web-Based services
* M&S based C2 services for operational, analysis and support purposes
* Modeling of communications effects
* Metadata/Data Interchange Standards
* Use of the Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (C2IEDM) and/or C2IEDM
Extensions
* Simulation use in support of Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation, and Assessment of C2 systems and
services
* Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Services Development and use in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
* M&S Community of Interest (COI) activities, as well as related international efforts
2008 Spring/Fall – C2/MS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: John Daly
Vice Chair: Andreas Tolk
Secretary: Tom Mullins
Nico De Reus
Carl Hein
John Kent
Cam Tran
Charles Turnitsa
Anthony Vernucci
Booz Allen Hamilton
Old Dominion University
NAIC/AENR
TNO Defence, Security & Safety
Lockheed Martin ATL
QinetiQ
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
VMASC/Old Dominion University
General Dynamics
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daly_john@bah.com
atolk@odu.edu
thomas.mullins@wpafb.af.mil
nico.dereus@tno.nl
chein@atl.lmco.com
jrkent@qinetiq.com
cam.tran@navy.mil
cturnits@odu.edu
tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS,
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR)
TRACK
Track Manager – Tom Mullins – Thomas.Mullins@wpafb.af.mil
Information Operations Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (IO-ISR)
2007 Fall - IO-ISR Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Tim DiVecchia
Vice Chair: Donald Stoner
Secretary: Vacancy
Forrest Davis
Frederick Smith
Kim Smith
Anthony Vernucci
Gary Waag
General Dynamics
D & S Consultants Inc.
timothy.divecchia@gd-ais.com
dstoner@dsci-usa.com
Camber Corp.
OptiMetrics, Inc.
US Army TSMO
General Dynamics
Titan Corp.
fdavis@camber.com
fsmith@optimetrics.org
kim.smith3@us.army.mil
tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
gary.waag@ieee.org
The Information Operations Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (IO-ISR) forum seeks papers
that deal with all aspects of Information Operations (IO), including computer network attack and defense,
modeling of IO in exercise and training, and threats to the Internet and other communications
infrastructures. IO-ISR seeks papers addressing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
issues including representation of the different intelligence disciplines (e.g., SIGINT, IMINT, HUMINT,
etc.) and the associated Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TPED) systems and
processes associated with the delivery of intelligence products to the warfighter. In addition, we are
interested in activities related to modeling IO-ISR, including Effects-Based Operations, Network Centric
Warfare, Predictive Battlespace Awareness and crisis response.
2008 Spring/Fall - IO-ISR Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Tim DiVecchia
Vice Chair: Gary Waag
Secretary: Vacancy
Anthony Vernucci
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
General Dynamics
Titan Corp.
timothy.divecchia@gd-ais.com
gary.waag@ieee.org
General Dynamics
tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
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SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Track Manager – Tony Vernucci – tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure (CFI) Forum
2007 Fall - CFI Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Dr. Trevor Pearce
Vice Chair: Steven Boswell
Secretary: John Fay
Reed Little
Katherine L. Morse
Michael O’Connor
William Oates
Carleton University
BBN Technologies
Jacobs Technology Inc.
S/W Engr. Inst/CMU
SAIC
ITT Industries
AFAMS
pearce@sce.carleton.ca
sboswell@bbn.com
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
little@sei.cmu.edu
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
michael.oconnor@itt.com
william.oates@afams.af.mil
The Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure (CFI) forum focuses on technologies that support
interoperation and run-time execution of distributed simulations. Historical examples include the HLA
Run-Time Infrastructure (RTI), DIS, ALSP, and SPEEDES. The Forum will also consider new and
alternate infrastructure concepts, such as web-based technologies. Topics include performance data,
implementation and design details, usage strategies, networking techniques, fault tolerance, security
considerations, and middleware or other frameworks for constructing, utilizing, or extending simulation
infrastructure.
2008 Spring/Fall - CFI Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Paul Lowe
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: John Fay
Carl Hein
Reed Little
Katherine L. Morse
Willian Oates
Michael O’Connor
The Boeing Company
paul.n.lowe@boeing.com
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Lockheed Martin ATL
S/W Engr. Inst/CMU
SAIC
AFAMS
ITT Industries
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
chein@atl.lmco.com
little@sei.cmu.edu
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
william.oates@afams.af.mil
michael.oconnor@itt.com
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SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Track Manager – Tony Vernucci – tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
Distributed Simulation Process and Tools (DSPT) Forum
2007 Fall - DSPT Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Jake Borah
Vice Chair: Jane Bachman
Secretary: Pierre Gauvin
Mike Lightner
Robert Lutz
Ryan McKeon
Sarah Trbovich
AEgis Technologies
NSWCDD TEAMS
CFEC/SECO
AEgis Technologies
Johns Hopkins University/APL
Gestalt, LLC
VisiTech, Ltd.
jborah@aegistg.com
Jane.Bachman@navy.mil
Pierre.Gauvin@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
mlightner@aegistg.com
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
rmckeon@gestalt-llc.com
trbovich@visitech.com
The Distributed Simulation Process and Tools (DSPT) forum focuses on evolving a generalized system
engineering process for developing and executing distributed simulations, and on the tools used for
automating various aspects of distributed simulations. This includes "lessons learned" solutions from
creating real-world, useful M&S applications, such as problems of integration, scalability, reuse, and
robustness. Automation of various aspects of distributed simulations includes scenario development,
initialization, monitoring, runtime controls, collection and repositories, visualization, and after-action
review.
2008 Spring/Fall - DSPT Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Jake Borah
Vice Chair: Jane Bachman
Secretary: Vacancy
Robert Lutz
Ryan McKeon
Sarah Trbovich
Vacancy
Vacancy
AEgis Technologies
NSWCDD TEAMS
jborah@aegistg.com
Jane.Bachman@navy.mil
Johns Hopkins University/APL
Gestalt, LLC
VisiTech, Ltd.
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
rmckeon@gestalt-llc.com
trbovich@visitech.com
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SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Track Manager – Tony Vernucci – tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
Synthetic Mission Space Composability (SMS COMPOSE)Forum
2007 Fall - SMS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Randy Saunders
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: Cam Tran
David W. Calkin
Bryan Linkous
Vacancy
Johns Hopkins University/APL
R.Saunders@ieee.org
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
AAI Corp.
Johns Hopkins University/APL
cam.tran@navy.mil
calkin@aaicorp.com
bryan.linkous@jhuapl.edu
The Synthetic Mission Space Composability (SMS COMPOSE) forum focuses on efforts underway within
the Services and across the Joint and International community. The objective of this forum is to explore
ways to integrate various environments on-demand, so that the best tools and products available are brought
to bear on a particular problem.
2008 Spring/Fall - SMS Compose Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Randy Saunders
Vice Chair: Paul Lowe
Secretary: Cam Tran
Saikou Diallo
Vacancy
Johns Hopkins University/APL
The Boeing Company
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
VMASC
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R.Saunders@ieee.org
paul.n.lowe@boeing.com
cam.tran@navy.mil
sdiallo@odu.edu
SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Track Manager – Tony Vernucci – tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
Simulated Natural Environment/Sensor Modeling (SNE/SENS) Forum
2007 Fall - SNE/SENS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Carolynne Huether
Vice Chair: Jason Esteve
Secretary: Goran Ancker
John Woytus
Vacancy
The Boeing Company
ITT
Saab AB
The Boeing Company
carolynne.huether@boeing.com
jason.esteve@itt.com
goran.ancker@saab.se
john.m.woytus@boeing.com
The Simulated Natural Environment/Sensor Modeling (SNE/SENS) forum addresses multi-domain use and
reuse of digital representations and models of the natural environment, including land, oceanic,
atmospheric, and space data. SNE also focuses on standards for, and application of, SNE data, effects and
data models for M&S; interoperability issues and lessons learned in large-scale integrated simulations that
include multiple real-time and non-real-time SNE representations
Sensor Modeling (SENS) serves as a bridge between environmental and mission/system-related areas,
focusing on issues of interoperability, fidelity, and correlation for sensor simulations.
2008 Spring/Fall - SNE/SENS Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Jason Esteve
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: Vacancy
John Fay
Virginia Dobey
Guo Gang
Carrie Reed
ITT
jason.esteve@itt.com
Jacobs Technology, Inc.
SAIC
Self-employed
Independent Consultant
john.fay.ctr@eglin.af.mil
virginia.t.dobey@saic.com
hndzgg@yahoo.com.cn
carriek9@aol.com
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SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Track Manager – Tony Vernucci – tony.vernucci@gd-ais.com
Verification, Validation & Accreditation (VV&A) Forum
2007 Fall - VV&A Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Simone Youngblood
Vice Chair: Susan Solick
Secretary: Vacancy
Robert Chapman
Mike Lightner
Wayne Lindo
Michael Metz
Shel Ocasio
JHU/APL
TRADOC Analysis Center
Simone.Youngblood@jhuapl.edu
susan.solick@us.army.mil
USAF
AEgis Technologies
AT&T Government Solutions
IMC
STC
bob.chapman@langley.af.mil
mlightner@aegistg.com
wlindo@att.com
mmetz@imcva.com
shel@ocasios.com
The Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) forum focuses on methodologies, procedures, and
associated techniques used to establish credibility of models, simulations, and federations. VV&A goals
emphasize quality (e.g., building in authoritative representations and behaviors) and risk management, and
support development and evolution of VV&A guidance to enhance the federation lifecycle process. Current
objectives include evolving a model for validation process maturity, formalizing the conceptual model via
the Conceptual Model Study Group, and establishing recommended practices for federation VV&A via the
VV&A PDG. Special focus areas include validation process maturity model, conceptual model validation,
and substantive interoperability.
2008 Spring/Fall - VV&A Planning & Review Panel
Chair: Simone Youngblood
Vice Chair: Susan Solick
Secretary: Wayne Lindo
Robert Chapman
Eugene Stoudenmire
Vacancy
Vacancy
JHU/APL
TRADOC Analysis Center
AT&T Government Solutions
USAF
Alion
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Simone.Youngblood@jhuapl.edu
susan.solick@us.army.mil
wlindo@att.com
bob.chapman@langley.af.mil
astoudenmire@earthlink.net
STUDY GROUPS
Study Groups (SGs) are chartered when SISO wants to obtain recommendations on well-defined issues
from groups of volunteer experts selected from appropriate Forums. Study Group sessions at this
Workshop include:
Discrete-Event Systems Specification (DEVS SG)
Chair: Gabriel A. Wainer
Vice Chair: Bernard Zeigler
Secretary: Hessam Sarjoughian
Carleton University
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
gwainer@sce.carleton.ca
zeigler@ece.arizona.edu
hessam.sarjoughian@asu.edu
DEVS has a theoretical foundation which makes it in principle independent of various programming
languages and hardware platforms. There is a wide variety of groups working on extensions to the DEVS
formalism, with several modeling tools based on these extensions. The goal of the study group will be to
find a core of the DEVS formalism that is suitable for standardization of activities at the level of modeling.
It will bridge the gap between existing simulation frameworks and modeling activities using a standard
notation. The DEVS SG will study the possibility of developing standards for a computer processable
representation of DEVS that supports common understanding, sharing and interoperability of DEVS
implementations. Computer processable forms include all forms of simulation and real-time execution as
well as various forms of syntactic and semantic analysis.
Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) Architecture Interoperability SG
Chair: Len Granowetter
Vice Chair: Sam Knight
Secretary: Michael O’Connor
MÄK Technologies
L-3 Communications
ITT
lengrano@mak.com
snknight@link.com
Michael.oconnor@itt.com
Mixed architecture systems are becoming increasingly commonplace, and simulation interoperability is a
central issue. The interplay between DIS and HLA simulations is reasonably well understood and TENA is
increasingly being bridged into HLA- and DIS-based simulations. These Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC)
architecture solutions not only have differing technical solutions, but differing business and standardization
models. This SG will assess the current and future technical and programmatic implications and
requirements of the M&S community for LVC architectures and interoperability between them.
Specific Tasks for this Study Group Include:
1. Develop list of questions about technical and programmatic aspects of current LVC architecture
solutions and desired future directions.
2. Determine programs within M&S community to be surveyed that will ensure sufficiently large
sample of each domain to be represented meaningfully
3. Conduct survey of applicable M&S programs.
This Study Group is sponsored by the Standards Activity Committee (SAC) at the joint request of the RDE
and CFI Forums. The SAC encourages all SISO members having an interest in LVC architectures to join
the Study Group and provide the perspectives from their respective domains. The Study Group may operate
in parallel with a DoD sponsored study and may coordinate their activities to include joint review of their
respective products.
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STUDY GROUPS (Cont’d)
Message Passing for Simulation-Based Collaborative Engineering Design (MSGSIM) SG
Chair: Zach Crues
Vice Chair: Danny Thomas
Secretary: Vacancy
NASA
AEgis Technologies
edwin.z.crues@nasa.gov
danny.thomas@aegistg.com
The Message Passing for Simulation-based Collaborative Engineering Design (Message-Sim) Study Group
(SG) was created and sponsored by the SPACE Forum. Recognizing that HLA, DIS and TENA permit
distributed simulation, "the emergence of the Internet and maturation of XML, along with increasing
computer capability and solutions to bandwidth issues, raises the possibility of new approaches. These
approaches would allow for or be based upon the transfer of rich data sets." "NASA recognizes that
message-based communication, as opposed to reliance solely on shared data and synchronous
communication, suggests significant opportunities.
The question is not an “either HLA or DIS” question. We are asking “how best can we advance message
passing in the twenty-first century?” The study may well lead to a “both an HLA and DIS answer” or
something else entirely."
"This suggests the need to consider how the next wave of simulation technology might address messagebased systems, and how they will safely, robustly and flexibly support the full-life span of simulation
products. This study will explore serious questions concerning the possibility and requirements of messagebased systems in providing needed capability. This may be a new area of research that could lead in a
number of directions and hopefully to standards promoting interoperability and accelerated use of modeling
and simulation."
Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (MODE 5/S IFF) SG
Chair: Frank Hill
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: Vacancy
SDS International Inc.
frhill@isp.com
The Mode 5/S IFF Study Group (SG) is established to support the DoD/Joint service/NATO simulation
community effort to develop the necessary changes to allow live, virtual and constructive simulations
incorporate Mode 5 IFF and Mode S (Select) IFF that is currently in use in Europe. The key protocols to
review will be DIS, HLA, existing Live Range IFF protocols and TENA as these are the most widely used
ones when exchanging exercise truth data. The HLA review includes a review of the RPR FOM and
selected other FOMs and SOMs that include IFF information.
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STUDY GROUPS (Cont’d)
SCORM – Simulation Interface Standards SG
Chair: Brandt Dargue
Vice Chair: Geoffrey Frank
Secretary: Brent Smith
The Boeing Company
RTI International
Engineering & Computer Sim.
brandt.w.dargue@boeing.com
gaf@rti.org
brents@ecsorl.com
One of the important challenges faced by designers and developers of learning, education and training
technology is how to integrate simulation-based learning experiences with SCORM environments. This
problem has many aspects, both pedagogical and technical. A clear first step is to enable SCORM content
or Runtime Environments to invoke and communicate with simulations in a standardized and interoperable
fashion. Such "SCORM-Simulation Interface Standards" will lower the cost of integration, lead to tools that
save designers and developers time and money and help simulation vendors develop reusable simulations
and components. This Study Group will be joint between SISO and the IEEE Learning Technology
Standards Committee (LTSC).
Transfer of Control (TC) SG
Chair: Frank Hill
Vice Chair: Patrick Merlet
Secretary: Vacancy
SDS International Inc.
Sparta
frhill@isp.com
Patrick_Merlet@sparta.com
The Transfer Control SG has presented a tutorial on transfer ownership for DIS and HLA software
developers and users based on the new 1278.1 transfer ownership design. The Transfer Control SG is now
turning to supporting implementers and users of transfer ownership using the SISO TC SG Reflector and
via phone and email support from TC SG members. We will also be working on an HLA FOM to cover
pure HLA transfer ownership issues in the coming months.
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STANDING STUDY GROUPS
Standing Study Groups are established to represent a specific community or national group to mature a
potential standard, or potentially to provide support to open-source software.
Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) SSG
Chair: Ronald G. Moore
Vice Chair: Willard B. Phelps
Secretary: Michael Butterworth
SAIC
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
Information Technology
ronald.g.moore@saic.com
willard.b.phelps@boeing.com
michael.butterworth@ngc.com
The goal of the Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) SSG is to evaluate industry and government
interest in developing a standard image generator interface. Typically, today's Image Generator (IG)
vendors have their own closed, proprietary run-time interfaces. At I/ITSEC'02, Boeing proposed their Open
Source Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) as a run-time interface that could be adopted by the
simulation community. Boeing indicated that they would like to see a standards organization adopt CIGI
and develop it into a robust and broadly accepted simulation industry image generator run-time interface
standard. The SG is discussing this proposal, evaluating alternatives, and generating recommendations and
a proposed action plan.
Economics of M&S (ECON) SSG
Chair: Dr. Tim Cooley
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: Vacancy
USAF
tim.cooley@usafa.af.mil
The original Economics of Simulation Study Group members continue to receive requests for data and
analysis results, and decision makers continue to ask for Economics of M&S information. This Standing
Study Group will update the data call, establish terminology and standards, advertise the need for new data,
and post findings on a “permanent”, accessible web site.
The principal output of the previous Economics of Simulation Study Group included a data call and
analysis of the data to that date. That output has been used to success by SISO members throughout
government, industry, and academia. The University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando has used the data
gathered for support of its graduate degrees in M&S, and UCF graduate students completed an annotated
bibliography of the gathered data as part of their course projects. Government studies of the Economics of
Simulation in Sweden and Australia have requested and used data from the previous study effort. A NATO
M&S Group (NMSG) Task Group NMSG-031 has also used the output from the previous Study Group on
the Economics of Simulation, and, in particular, a paper and presentation to the NMSG-031 in late 2005
was based on an updated analysis of the previous Study Group effort. During the February 2006 M&S
Leadership Summit to the Congressional M&S Caucus in Suffolk, Virginia, several times in multiple
working groups, the need for definitive data on M&S ROI was requested. Updated, definitive data and
analyses are needed now to advance understanding of the topic and preserve perishable data.
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STANDING STUDY GROUPS (Cont’d)
Simulation Conceptual Modeling (SCM) SSG
Co-Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: TBD
Vice Chair: TBD
Secretary: TBD
The SCM SSG is conducting a preliminary investigation on the use of conceptual modeling in M&S and
related information technology domains. The SSG will perform exploratory work into the establishment of
best practices for simulation conceptual modeling, and establish recommendations for persistent
management of the topic within SISO. This SCM SSG will hold its kickoff meeting at this Fall Conference.
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STANDING STUDY GROUPS (Cont’d)
Australia Standing Study Group (SISO Australia)
Vision:
To liaise and inform the International Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization in order to meet
the needs of the Australian Simulation community
Mission:
♦ Actively contribute to and coordinate the development of international standards that meet the needs
of the Australian simulation community
♦ Promote the existence and benefits of standards within the Australian community
♦ Encourage active Australian community involvement in the Standards formulation process
As a result of the elections which closed on 1 December 2006, the members of the SISO Australia
committee are:
Chair: Craig Pepper
Deputy Chair: Michael McGarity
Secretary: Peter Hill (Secretary)
Shane Arnott (Chair)
Mark Heffernan
Darren McFarlane
John Morrison
Peter Radonyi
Peter Ryan
Chris Skinner
David Stratton
Grant Tudor
Lucien Zalcman
Thales
CAE
SIAA
Boeing
Evans & Peck
ADSO
not available
Jacobs Australia
DSTO
DisPlay
Univ of Ballarat
Army
Zalcman Consulting
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craig.pepper@thales-tts.com.au
michaelm@cae.com.au
peter.hill@simcon-services.com.au
shane.d.arnott@boeing.com
mhefferman@evanspeck.com.au
Darren.mcfarlane@defence.gov.au
jbm_au@yahoo.com.au
peter_radonyi@unwired.com.au
peter.ryan@dsto.defence.gov.au
cjskinner@acslink.net.au
d.stratton@ballarat.edu.au
grant.tudor@defence.gov.au
Lucien_b_zalcman@yahoo.com.au
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
Product Development Groups (PDGs) are approved to generate specific SISO Products (Standards,
Guides, and Reference Products) after approval of a formal Product Nomination. Current Product
Development Groups include:
Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML) PDG
Co-Chair: MAJ Kevin Galvin
Co-Chair: Andreas Tolk
Vice Chair: Per Gustavsson
Secretary: Charles Turnitsa
DEC(GM)/QinetiQ
Old Dominion Univ.
Ericsson
VMASC/Old Dominion Univ.
Kevin.galvin@btinternet.com
atolk@odu.edu
per.m.gustavsson@gmail.com
cturnits@odu.edu
Generally, Battle Management Language (BML) is the unambiguous language used to:
● Command and control forces and equipment conducting military operations
● Provide for situational awareness and a shared, common operational picture.
It can be seen as a standard representation of a digitized commander's intent to be used for real troops, for
simulated troops, and for future robotic forces. BML is particularly relevant in a network centric
environment for enabling mutual understanding.
A Coalition BML, as envisioned by this study group in this proposal, developed and applied by the all
Services and by coalition members would not only allow interoperability among their C4ISR systems and
simulations, but also among themselves.
As it is almost impossible to imagine a situation in the future when a single U. S. Service will be
unilaterally employed, these efforts must be embedded into international standards. Because future
military operations, and a significant amount of training, will be Joint in nature, it is critical that a Joint
Service approach be taken to the BML development effort. The same issues that have driven the Army to
embark on this program also confront the other Services as they develop both their C4ISR and simulation
systems.
Core Manufacturing Simulation Data (CMSD) PDG
Chair: Swee Leong
Vice Chair: Frank Riddick
Secretary: Tina Lee
NIST
NIST
NIST
leong@cme.nist.gov
Riddick@cme.nist.gov
leet@cme.nist.gov
This product defines a data interface specification for efficient exchange of manufacturing life cycle data in
a simulation environment. The specification provides neutral data interfaces for integrating manufacturing
software applications with simulation systems. The initial effort is focusing on machine shop data
definitions. The plan is to extend the data specification to include supply chain, aerospace assembly
operations, automotive vehicle assembly operations, plant layout, and other relevant manufacturing and
simulation information.
This standard effort is to promote the increased, widespread, and pervasive use of advanced manufacturing
technologies, in particular, the simulation technology in the manufacturing industries. The effort will
benefit not only the manufacturing industry worldwide, but more specifically it will benefit the Modeling
and Simulation community in the near term.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Commercial Off-the-Shelf Simulation Package Interoperability (CSPI) PDG
Chair: Dr. Simon J E Taylor
Vice Chair: Steffen Strassburger
Secretary: Stephen Turner
Brunel University
Daimler Chrysler
Technological Univ
(Singapore)
simon.taylor@brunel.ac.uk
Steffen.strassburger@daimlerchrysler.com
assjturner@ntu.edu.sg
Since 1980 efforts to improve the productivity of simulation modeling in manufacturing have yielded the
range of COTS discrete event simulation packages (CSPs) that are used today by engineers and analysts to
investigate complex, dynamic process-based systems found in commerce, health, manufacturing and supply
chains. It is true that there are many different types of system that might be called COTS packages.
However, this work concerns itself with systems that fall under the discrete event simulation paradigm, i.e.
simulated models of systems that change state at discrete points in time (scheduled events) or as a result of
state changes (conditional events). These state changes typically represent entities (documents, patients,
parts, trains, etc.) that pass through networks of queues and workstations (work queuing at a desk in an
office, patients waiting to see a doctor, parts buffered for machining, trains waiting at a station, etc.) CSPs
support activities such as model building, experimentation, animation, visualization and reporting. There
are currently around 20 of these commercially available.
It is important to note that the model/CSP technology is a fixed point. Virtually every engineering faculty
has some course on simulation modeling that uses one or more CSPs. Engineers and analysts use these
CSPs to build and maintain simulation models. These CSPs therefore represent a significant investment.
Additionally, users of these CSPs are not software engineers – they are simulation modelers. There is
evidence to show that it is highly likely that any major changes to their methodology and technologies will
result in the non-adoption of these proposed products. It is therefore a major consideration of our work that
any interoperability products that are developed are highly transparent in nature.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Distributed Interoperability Simulation (DIS) PDG
Acting Chair: Bob Murray
Vice Chair: Bob Murray
Secretary: Rob Byers
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company
NGC
Bob.murray@boeing.com
Robert.byers@ngc.com
The DIS PDG is investigating the present use of Protocol Data Units (PDUs), which are the basis for
communicating information among simulations under the DIS (IEEE 1278) standards. Many times, the use
of PDUs requires users to select values for certain fields to identify the specific use of the PDUs in that
event. Many users have also created "experimental PDUs" to serve their application needs. The DIS PDG
will review new DIS PDUs for applicability and usefulness to the M&S community.
Also, DIS users have expressed a need to clarify and interpret the existing DIS Standard(s). This includes
HLA users of DIS PDUs.
Users are invited to participate, both on the DIS PDG Discussion Group reflector, at DIS PDG telecons,
Tiger Team telecons and, when possible, at SIWs. Please contribute a description of any experimental
PDUs that you have developed or any Padding or other field changes that you have made to existing DIS
PDUs.
Note: You will not see the DIS PDG Discussion Group or Private DIS PDG Library unless you register to
become a member of the DIS PDG. Registration is free. Just send an email to the DIS PDG Chair,
Bob.murray@boeing.com requesting to become a DIS PDG member. A DIS PDG member is expected to
actively participate in updating the IEEE 1278.1 series of standards.
Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP) PDG
Chair: Bob Lutz
Co-Vice Chair: Katherine L. Morse
Co-Vice Chair: Jean-Louis Igarza
Secretary: Jake Borah
DG Editor: Paul Gustavson
JHUAPL
SAIC
DGA SAIS
AEgis
SimVentions
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
katherine.l.morse@saic.com
jeanlouis.igarza@free.fr
jborah@aegistg.com
pgustavson@simventions.com
The FEDEP is a generalized systems engineering process for building and executing HLA federations and other
distributed simulation applications. It is intended as a high-level process framework into which lower-level
systems engineering practices native to each individual application area can be easily integrated. The FEDEP is
not intended to be prescriptive, but rather defines a generic, common sense development methodology that can
and should be tailored to meet the needs of individual user applications.
The FEDEP was approved as an IEEE Recommended Practice (IEEE 1516.3) in April 2003. The IEEE will
soon require that the FEDEP be revised, reaffirmed, or withdrawn. In response to this requirement, the FEDEP
PDG was reestablished and a Kickoff Meeting held at both the Spring 2007 and Euro 2007 workshops. One of
the main outcomes of these meetings was to increase the scope of the document to provide support for all
communities of distributed simulation users. The purpose of this meeting will be to review the results of the
first open comment round under this broader scope, and vote on proposed changes.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Generic Methodology for VV&A for the Modeling & Simulation Domain (GM
V&V) PDG
Chair: Ad van Lier
Vice Chair: Simone Youngblood
Secretary: A. J. Masys
MOD-Netherlands
JHU/APL
SECO/Canada
ec.sts.dm@rnla.mindef.nl
Simone.Youngblood@jhuapl.edu
masys.aj@forces.gc.ca
The GM V&V PDG proposes to develop a product for the international community for a generic V&V and
Acceptance methodology for models, simulation, and data. The product leverages and harmonizes with the
contributions from other national and international V&V and Acceptance initiatives such as the current VV&A
PDG (producing an Overlay of the HLA FEDEP), the REVVA 1 and REVVA 2 projects, the V&V International
Test Operations Procedures (ITOP) Working Group, and the VV&A Recommended Practices Guide. The
proposed products include the following:
• The User’s Manual, which safely guides its users through the V&V and Acceptance efforts and clarifies their
responsibilities by explaining how to apply the methodology in practice. It describes the activities to perform
and the products to produce, the interactions taking place among those involved, the flow of products, and how
to tailor the methodology to the specific needs of the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) project.
• The Reference Manual documents the underlying concepts of the methodology, including the foundations of
the chosen terminology, the explanation of the dependencies between activities and products, their meaning for
the V&V and Acceptance endeavor, and the rationale for their execution and creation. The reference manual is
referred to whenever a deeper understanding of the methodology is required.
• The Recommended Practices document provides user specific guidance with regards to the selection and use
of techniques and tools in support of the User Manual. This will include domain specific case studies thereby
illustrating the application and tailoring of the methodology.
The products stemming from this PN will serve all communities managing, developing, and/or using M&S
and in particular those charged with the task of conducting and managing V&V and Acceptance activities.
The community spans many different user domains (e.g. Training, Analysis, and Acquisition) and
application areas (e.g., Defense, Entertainment, Medical, Space).
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (Cont’d)
High Level Architecture (HLA) - Evolved PDG
Chair: Roy Scrudder
Vice Chair (US): Randy Saunders
Vice Chair (European): Bjorn Möller
Secretary: Katherine L. Morse
M&S CO
JHU/APL
Pitch
SAIC
Roy.scrudder@osd.mil
r.saunders@ieee.org
bjorn.moller@pitch.se
Katherine.l.morse@saic.com
The IEEE 1516 series of HLA specifications was originally approved by the IEEE Standards Activity (SA)
Board in Fall 2000. Since that time, a DoD Interpretations Document for IEEE 1516 and a Dynamic Link
Compatible HLA API for IEEE 1516.1 have been in active development. In addition, many new potential
HLA requirements have been identified based on feedback from the various domains and application areas
that comprise the HLA user community. This PDG seeks to address these requirements via a formal open
review of the IEEE 1516 series of specifications. As part of this process, the PDG will incorporate those
aspects of the Interpretations Document and Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API that need to become part
of the core standard.
Link 11 A/B Simulation Standard Network (Link 11 A/B) PDG
Chair: Joe Sorroche
Vice Chair: Joe Zehnle
Secretary: Rob Byers
DMOC/ASRCC
The Boeing Company
Northrop Grumman
joe.sorroche@kirtland.af.mil
Joseph.j.zehnle@boeing.com
Robert.byers@ngc.com
This product will be a SISO standard to define the methods to simulate a Link-11 A/B Network within a
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) or High Level Architecture (HLA) framework.
This standard will have two parts, one that will describe extensions to the DIS standard and the second will
detail a Base Object Model (BOM) to extend Federate Object Models (FOM) operating in the HLA
framework. The standard shall detail implementation and usage methodologies in DIS and HLA as well as
defining the data structures. This standard shall not contradict any part of the IEEE 1278.1 or IEEE 1516
standard. This standard shall contain no classified information and shall be suitable for unlimited
distribution.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) PDG
Co-Chair: COL John Surdu
Co-Chair: Per Gustavsson
Vice Chair: Robert L. Wittman Jr.
Secretary: Ken Peplow
Jim Montgomery
DARPA
Saab
Mitre Corp
SAIC
US Army
john.surdu@us.army.mil
per.m.gustavsson@saabgroup.com
rwittman@mitre.org
Kenneth.w.peplow@SAIC.com
james.montgomery@us.army.mil
The Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) is intended to provide a standard mechanism for
loading Military Scenarios independent of the application generating or using the scenario. Standard
MSDL is defined utilizing an XML schema thus enabling exchange of all or part of scenarios between (e.g.)
Command and Control (C2) planning applications, simulations, and scenario development applications.
XML based scenario representations can readily be checked for conformance against the standard’s
schema. The scope to MSDL is bounded by the situation, defined at one instant in time, combined with the
course of action about to be taken in context to that situation. The intent is for MSDL to include that
information which is either core or common to the situation and course of action (COA) of a military
scenario. Definition of COA falls under the scope of the Coalition Battle Management Language PDG.
The MSDL PDG and C-BML PDG are collaborating on common elements of these two languages to ensure
the two standards apply in concert with one another.
Real-Time Platform Reference FOM (RPR FOM) PDG
Chair: Jim Gregg
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: Doug Wood
The Boeing Company
james.w.gregg@boeing.com
MÄK Technologies
dwood@mak.com
Version 1.0 of this Reference Federation Object Model was the first SISO standard, capturing the
functionality of IEEE 1278.1-1995. RPR FOM 2.0, currently under development, will add the functionality
of IEEE 1278.1a-1998. The PDG will continue work towards readying the FOM and GRIM for community
balloting.
Simulation Reference Markup Language (SRML) PDG
Chair: Bob Lutz
Vice Chair: Jane Bachman
Secretary: Curtis Blais
JHUAPL
NSWCDD Teams
NPS
Robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
jane.bachman@navy.mil
clblais@nps.edu
The SRML Product Development Group (PDG) is working on standardization of a simulation markup
language and corresponding simulation engine specification based on the Simulation Reference Markup
Language (SRML). The language specification will include: (1) SRML concept of operations including
engine description; (2) XML tag set for SRML with descriptive text; (3) SRML User Guide. The engine
specification will include an Engine object model and an Application Program Interface (API)
reference. SRML promotes web-based simulation and facilitates delivery of models via the Web, and is
thus positioned to support existing and future advancements in grid computing.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Verification, Validation & Accreditation Overlay to Federation Development
(VV&A) PDG
Chair: Simone Youngblood
Vice Chair: Susan Solick
Secretary: Marcy Stutzman
JHU/APL
TRADOC Analysis Center
Northrop Grumman
Simone.Youngblood@jhuapl.edu
susan.solick@us.army.mil
Marcy.Stutzman@ngc.com
The Verification, Validation & Accreditation Overlay to Federation Development (VV&A) PDG is
developing a recommended practices guide outlining implementation methodologies for the VV&A of a
federation. IEEE 1516.3, Recommended Practices for HLA Federation Development and Execution
Process (FEDEP) recognized VV&A as a key component of federation development and implementation to
the extent that placeholders, or "hooks," were included in the FEDEP to support the development of a
VV&A overlay. The proposed VV&A guidance document will mirror the FEDEP, addressing overall
VV&A methodology, roles and responsibilities, tasks, and resulting products. It will be based on lessons
learned and established approaches derived from the M&S community. This guidance document will serve
as the foundation for the assessment of credibility of a federation by addressing issues relating to
establishing substantive interoperability, promoting reusability, and assuring composability.
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PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUPS
Product Support Groups (PSGs) will be established upon completion of a balloted SISO product, or SISO
sponsored product, to offer continuity and a place for developers and users of the standards to ask
questions, request explanations, seek support, or register change requests for subsequent versions of the
product. The PSG takes responsibility for the product at Step 5 of the Balloted Products Development and
Support Process (BPDSP).
Base Object Model Specification (BOM) PSG
Chair: Paul Gustavson
Vice Chair: Bob Lutz
Secretary: Jane Bachman
SimVentions, Inc.
Johns Hopkins Univ/APL
NSWCDD TEAMS
pgustavson@simventions.com
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
Jane.Bachman@navy.mil
The BOM Product Support Group (PSG) supports the approved SISO-STD-003-2006 BOM Template
Specification standard and the SISO-STD-003.1-2006 Guide for BOM Use and Implementation. The BOM
PSG will serve as a central point for interpretations of product language, providing help desk support to the
SISO community, and accepting, developing, and maintaining problem/change reports to support future
product revisions.
The BOM PSG TOR was approved by the EXCOM on 13 Sep 06. The PSG supersedes the BOM PDG and
will transition that group’s discussion board and document library. The support for the approved BOM
standards (SISO-STD-003-2006 and SISO-STD-003.1-2006) includes:
1. Establish and maintain a process to respond to questions (requests for interpretation) concerning the
language used in the standard, the intention or result meant by a particular action, or an explanation of the
reasons behind what the standard states.
2. Establish and maintain a Help Desk function using the SISO provided discussion board to answer
questions and provide support to the community.
3. Establish and maintain a Problem/Change Request process to collect problems and change requests from
the community. Conduct analysis and refinement of submitted problems and change requests.
4. When the PSG is operating in parallel with a PDG developing a revision to a product, forward refined
Problem/Change Reports (PCRs) to the PDG for use in revision development.
5. Coordinate with related Conference Forums, related PDGs, related PSGs, and related SGs.
6. Identify and create Product Nominations for additional parts or supplements.
7. Conduct periodic review and evaluation of the supported products. Prepare recommendations for
reaffirmation, revision, or withdrawal.
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PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) PSG
Chair: Vacancy
Vice Chair: Vacancy
Secretary: Vacancy
The DIS Product Support Group (PSG) is a permanent support group chartered by the SISO SAC to
support DIS products such as the IEEE 1278.1 series of standards. It exists to provide support even when
no DIS PDG is currently active and working on a new version of a DIS standard.
The DIS PSG supports the distributed simulation community by acting as a forum and library for DIS,
DIS XML, HLA and HLA FOMs, TENA, ALSP and SIMPLE information; providing technical support
to users and developers by answering questions; providing contact information for experts in different
areas; and maintaining a library of distributed simulation documentation. Although DIS and the HLA
RPR FOM are the primary areas supported, we will endeavor to put you in contact with experts in HLA,
HLA FOMs, TENA, ALSP or SIMPLE if you have questions about those protocols. The DIS PSG is also
the place where Problem/Change Requests (PCRs) can be initially submitted or commented on for
changing the 1278 series of IEEE DIS Standards and where the individual PCRs and PCR Status Reports
are maintained for download.
The DIS PSG also publishes a series of guides related to DIS that are helpful to users and developers. It
closely coordinates with the DIS PDG (when the DIS PDG is active and producing a new version of a
1278 series standard) and with DIS Enumeration discussions and the RPR FOM PDG to ensure that the
entire distributed simulation community is kept appraised of DIS developments. Not all DIS users are
members of all three groups (DIS PDG, DIS ENUM and the DIS PSG) so cross-coordination is
essential. The DIS PSG and DIS PDG are excellent sources of distributed simulation information
although there is a particular focus on DIS and the HLA RPR FOM.
Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) PSG
Chair: Louis Hembree
Vice Chair: Mike Leite
Secretary: Michele Worley
NRL
M&S CO
SAIC
Louis.Hembree@nrlmry.navy.mil
michael.leite.ctr@osd.mil
Michele.l.worley@saic.com
The Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) PSG supersedes the EDCS PDG and supports
the Synthetic Environment Data Representation Interchange Specification (SEDRIS) family of standards.
Activities include maintaining liaison with the ISO/IEC SC24 organization, the SEDRIS Organization
and the environmental data representation community; providing post-standardization SISO support and
maintenance for the SEDRIS family of ISO standards; the development and implementation of tools; and
the creation of a forum for community education on application and use of the standards.
The EDCS PDG is a component of SEDRIS that provides a data dictionary and coding standard for
environmental data used in simulations of terrain, atmosphere, ocean, and space.
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PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUPS (Cont’d)
Tactical Digital Information Link–Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling
Simulation (TADIL TALES) PSG
Chair: Joe Sorroche
Vice Chair: Adin Burroughs
Secretary: Rob Byers
DMOC/ASRCC
Northrop Grumman Info. Tech.
Northrop Grumman Info. Tech.
joe.sorroche@kirtland.af.mil
adinb@usa.net
rbyers@northropgrumman.com
The Tactical Data Information Link–Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation Product
Support Group (TADIL TALES PSG) has been approved by the SISO Standards Activity Committee
(SAC) and Executive Committee (EXCOM). This group supersedes the Link 16 Product Development
Group and will transition that group’s discussion board and document library.
The TADIL TALES PSG will support the approved SISO-STD-002 Link 16 standard for IEEE 1278.1a
(DIS) and IEEE 1516 (HLA) by providing a central point for interpretations of SISO-STD-002 product
language, providing help desk support to the SISO community, and accepting, developing, and maintaining
problem/change reports to support future product revisions. This PSG will also support other developing
tactical data link standards using DIS and HLA, specifically Link 11/11B, SADL, IBS-I and IBS-S, Link
22, and VMF, and any future SISO standards developed and approved for tactical datalink simulation.
Note: This PSG’s name changed from Tactical Data Link (TDL) PSG to Tactical Digital Information
Link–Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation Product Support Group (TADIL TALES
PSG) per approval of the SAC on 16 Jul 07.
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DMSO CHANGES TO M&S CO AS PART OF NEW DoD M&S MANAGEMENT APPROACH
WASHINGTON (Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office, October 30, 2006) -- The re-designation
of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) as the Modeling and Simulation Coordination
Office (M&S CO) on Oct. 27 became the latest and most visible sea change in the Department’s on-going
revision of the way DoD manages M&S.
DMSO was established on June 22, 1991, by the then Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to
“serve as the DoD focal point to promote effective and efficient use of modeling and simulation.” As
part of the revision in M&S management, DMSO has been evolving over the past year to one of helping
to coordinate M&S activities throughout the Department of Defense. The name change reflects this new
emphasis. Recent initiatives include revising DoD Directive 5000.59 on M&S Management (currently in
formal coordination), establishing a flag-officer level M&S Steering Committee (M&S SC) and an M&S
Integrated Process Team (M&S IPT) with membership from across the Department. The Office will
continue to be managed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
(USD(AT&L)).
The new structure currently recognizes six major DoD communities supported by M&S – acquisition,
analysis, experimentation, planning, testing, and training with the leads identified in the chart below. The
Military Services are major contributors to all of the communities. Each community is charged with
developing a business plan that describes what M&S capabilities they need, where they are in achieving
these capabilities, and what actions they plan to take to close the gaps. These business plans are then
compared across communities with the goals of reducing unnecessary redundancy and fostering
collaboration among the communities. The M&S CO helps the communities develop their business plans
and supports the new management structure in identifying and managing common and cross-cutting M&S
efforts that will positively impact the vast number of dollars the Department spends on M&S.
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The largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the country, Science Applications
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simulation and training as part of its national security business area. SAIC’s expertise spans all aspects of
hardware and software development, as well as system-level integration and product testing. SAIC’s
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SAIC engineers and scientists work across a broad spectrum of technology, from applied research through
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SAIC is proud of its long-standing partnership with SISO, and remains a strong supporter of SISO’s
efforts to advance and formalize simulation interoperability standards. For more information about SAIC
capabilities and employment opportunities, visit our web site at http://www.saic.com.
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and commercial applications. With an integrated software development tool, V+, SimPhonics is the only
company in the world that provides complete sound, communications, DIS, HLA, EW, Secure Voice,
synthetic ATIS and more all within one rack mount chassis. Visit http://www.simphonics.com for COTS
pricing and technical data.
SimVentions is a privately held business, incorporated in the state of Virginia in 2000. Our corporate
headquarters is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia with an additional office in Orlando, Florida. At
SimVentions, expressing what we do is quite simple: We Create Component Solutions. This is true
whether it be for modeling and simulations, software engineering, or systems engineering. A few of our
key solutions include Base Object Models (BOMs) within the modeling and simulation (M&S) arena,
tactical software components consistent with the DoD Open Architecture Computing Environment
(OACE) efforts, object-oriented components for software applications, interactive courseware modules
for training, and program management and process tools in support of the rapid insertion of technology
and components to warfighters. Specific to M&S, SimVentions’ expertise lies in the development and use
of DIS, HLA and other distributed technologies such as web services, service oriented architectures
(SOA), and, within the tactical community, Object Management Group's (OMG) Data Distribution
Service (DDS). SimVentions has been an integral part in the research, standardization and development of
various processes and concepts including Base Object Models (BOMs), Simulation Reference Markup
Language (SRML), HLA Evolved, Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP),Coalition
Battle Management Language (C-BML), Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL), use and
application of Metadata within the M&S community, and all with an eye for supporting composability
and reuse within the greater SISO and M&S community. Additional experience includes the development
of a suite of tools to facilitate the development of HLA federations and analysis of DIS simulations.
SimVentions also has significant experience and background supporting various DoD related activities
including the surface Navy in Dahlgren, VA and Washington D.C., and the U.S. Army in Orlando, FL.
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EURO SPONSORS
(2006 EURO SIW)
Air Consultants Sweden is a management consultancy company. Our main areas are within the aviation
industry focused on modelling and simulation. Further focal points are the chemistry/technical industry
and IT-related consulting services.
Our services include market analysis and economic forecasting. We support your company's commercial
development based on future requirements.
Our staff carries advanced academic merits and is highly experienced.
Contact air.consultants.sweden@telia.com for further information.
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(2006 EURO SIW)
Insyte, which is part of BAE Systems, focuses on meeting the demands of the rapidly evolving market
in defence, homeland security and complex, mission critical solutions. It delivers complete capability
solutions within the electronic systems sector which range from high tech sensors to highly sophisticated
command systems, capable of integrating complex information and making mission critical decisions.
Insyte employs over 4000 people across the UK, offering one of the highest concentrations of systems
integration skills, experience and knowledge in the world.
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applications. The primary products are the CATS family of simulators for Live-Virtual-Constructive
simulation, DATS family of Air Traffic Control simulators and CEBRA Advanced Distributed
Learning/Computer Based Training platforms.
Customers include Armed Forces, various authorities and large industries all having stringent requirements
on quality and service when it comes to educational and training needs. The company employs 70 people
and has operations in Helsingborg, Stockholm, Linkoping, Sweden and Orlando, FL USA.
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EURO SPONSORS (Cont’d)
(2006 Euro SIW)
Command & Control is knowledge intense activities were goals, tasks, organization, resources and
supporting systems together with individuals creates a whole. The most demanding Command & Control
activities today are to increase operations to cover emergency management using military and civilian
resources. These activities affect human lives and health, large material values as well as the environment.
C4i is working with these issues on a daily basis.
To create efficient leaders and management systems - training and educational systems must be
developed in parallel with the development of the management support systems. Training and educational
systems, as well as decision supporting tools, are built upon modeling and simulation. Efficient leaders
need to be supported by specialists with competence in various areas. To analyse course of events and
evaluate suitable actions, decision-supporting tools should be built upon knowledge based on training in
the Virtual Arena.
(2006 Euro Conference)
Dell Inc. listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value.
Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell sells more systems globally than any computer
company, placing it No. 28 on the Fortune 500. Dell's climb to market leadership is the result of a
persistent focus on delivering the best possible customer experience by directly selling standards-based
computing products and services. Revenue for the last four quarters totaled $56 billion and the company
employs approximately 65,200 team members around the globe.
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EURO SPONSORS (Cont’d)
(2006 Euro Conference)
Ericsson Microwave Systems AB is a company within the Ericsson Group, providing defense systems
and National Security & Public Safety (NSPS) solutions to defense, government and security agencies
around the world.
Meeting the need for accurate real-time information and superior decisions, we are equipping defense,
government, and security agencies with advanced radar sensors and tailor made information networks.
The products support pro-active surveillance and protection of border, area, coast and critical
infrastructure as well as Force/Camp, event, and communications security.
If you are first to know, you can be first to act.
(2006 EURO SIW)
Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) is a civil authority with a focus on high technology.
Our total operating revenue is approximately SEK 19 billion. Based on the needs of clients we identify,
develop and supply materiel and technical solutions.
Our strength lies in our ability to integrate a system development capability with expertise in international
collaboration in such a way that we can offer our customers a dependable, safe and effective means of
meeting their defense procurement needs.
(2006 EURO SIW)
HiQ is an IT and management consultancy company focusing on high-tech solutions in the fields of
communications, software development and simulation. HiQ has nearly 700 employees and have offices
in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, Arboga, Karlskona, Copenhagen and Helsinki. HiQ is listed on the
Attract-40 list on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In the area of simulation HiQ has more than 10 years of experience and is today the leading Nordic
consultant company in this area. Among HiQ’s customers there are some of the leading simulator
developers such as The Swedish Defence Administration, The Swedish Defence, Saab Aerosystems, Saab
Systems, Ericsson Microwave, BAE Systems Hägglunds and Lockheed Martin.
Contact anders.nilsson@hiq.se or hakan.bernerson@hiq.se for more information
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EURO SPONSORS (Cont’d)
(2005 EURO Conference)
The French Aeronautics and Space Research Center is a public, scientific and technical establishment
with both industrial and commercial responsibilities, ONERA reports to the French Ministry of Defense
and enjoys financial independence.
The expertise of ONERA covers all the scientific disciplines involved in aircraft, spacecraft and missile
design. It makes ONERA an essential partner in the French and European aeronautics and space
community.
Missions:
To assist government agencies in charge of coordinating civil and military aerospace policy
To direct and carry out aerospace research
To design, produce and operate the resources needed to perform research and testing for manufacturers
To make available and commercialize the results of its research and facilitate application of this research
by industry, including non-aerospace sectors
To support the French training policy for scientists and engineers
http://www.onera.fr/english.html
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EURO SPONSORS (Cont’d)
(2006 EURO SIW)
Pitch is a world leading provider of interoperability enabling products and solutions for Simulation and
Training.
Based on open international standards we provide COTS products for development and deployment of
distributed simulations according to the High Level Architecture standard. Our products, pRTI, 1516
Adapter, DIS Adapter, Visual OMT, and HLA Commander are are used in a variety of both civilian and
defense simulations world-wide to support training, acquisition, and analysis. Furthermore, many of the
simulation industry's vendors use our products to HLA enable their solutions. Pitch provides DoD
certified products for both the HLA 1.3 and the HLA IEEE 1516 standard.
Ask us about upcoming products!
(2003 and 2006 EURO Conference)
Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on
defence, aviation and space. The group covers a broad spectrum of competence and capabilities in
systems integration. Saab provides state of the art solutions for Training & Simulation using international
standards to support decision superiority systems, distributed mission training, embedded C4ISR training
and live training within a joint air, naval, army and civilian domain. Saab's comprehensive experience in
the field of Training & Simulation coupled with our knowledge and vast experience of C4ISR systems
have been used for decades in developing simulators in Sweden and worldwide.
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EURO SPONSORS (Cont’d)
(2006 EURO SIW)
The University of Skövde, established 1977, has grown rapidly during the recent years. Today we offer a
range of traditional, but also unique educational programs within a number of different areas.
At present some 8 200 students are enrolled in the three schools:
School of Humanities and Informatics
School of Life Sciences
School of Technology and Society
The University of Skövde has established a research program within the area of information fusion from
databases, sensors and simulations. This area is unique, of strategic importance for industry, defense and
public service areas such as health-care, and is currently not represented at any other Swedish university
in its entirety.
We also offer Sweden’s most attractive education for computer game development, with three different
specialties; design, graphics, and programming
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EXHIBITORS’ PROGRAM
VISIT OUR EXHIBITOR BOOTHS
MÄK Technologies
Tom Wallace
68 Moulton Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-876-8085
Fax: 617-876-9208
Email: twallace@mak.com
Website: www.mak.com
Booth #1
MÄK Technologies, a company of VT Systems, develops software to link, simulate and visualize
the virtual world. We create tools and toolkits for distributed simulations, develop PC-based
military tactical trainers, craft custom solutions, and research and develop the latest simulation
technologies. We build commercial off the shelf simulation software that is flexible, portable and
supported.
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VISIT OUR EXHIBITOR BOOTHS
Calytrix Technologies
Damon Curry
2742 Rhett Drive
Dayton, OH 45434
Phone: +1 321 206 0628
Fax: +1 321 206 0628
Email: damon.curry@calytrix.com
Website: www.calytrix.com
Booth #2
Calytrix Technologies is a software and services company specializing in areas of training
performance assessment, distributed simulation, model-driven architecture, component-based
development, software re-use and middleware solutions. Calytrix’ products include:
SIMplicity - A model-driven architecture development tool for distributed simulations that are
RTI middleware independent, thus assuring portability and maintainability of simulations as
DIS/HLA standards evolve.
LVC Game - DIS/HLA interconnection to serious game products, including Bohemia
Interactive’s Virtual Battlespace 2 (VBS2) and e-Sim Games’ Steel Beasts.
Mentor - Training exercise planning and training performance assessment for individuals, teams,
platforms or joint participants. Calytrix’ Mentor captures the entire training life cycle, from
planning to execution through reporting including facilitated debriefs, in a structured, rigorous
and repeatable way.
JSAF Entity Tool (JET) - Lets users quickly and easily create and edit JSAF entities with
substantial error-checking and validation of entities. Combat Net Radio Simulation (CNR-Sim).
Voice over DIS” multi-channel radio simulator for voice communications among simulation
participants. For Windows or Linux computers with any ordinary microphone/headset
combination. ASTi-compatible. Accompanied by CNR-Log for easy logging and playback of
voice communications.
More information about Calytrix Technologies and its products and services is available at
www.calytrix.com.
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Raytheon Virtual Technology Corporation
5510 Cherokee Ave, Ste. 350
Alexandria, VA 22312
Contact: Kevin Fitzpatrick
Phone: (703)658-7050
E-mail: kfitzpatrick@virtc.com
Website: www.virtc.com
Booth #3
Raytheon Company acquired Virtual Technology Corporation (VTC), a leading developer of
joint, net-enabled command and control and modeling and simulation solutions (M&S), in
June 2006. "With VTC, Raytheon is adding cutting-edge capabilities that are critical to our
customers and our position in net-centric operations and mission system integration," said
Colin Schottlaender, President, Network Centric Systems. "Its capabilities have led to the
development and implementation of key solutions in some of the most complex DoD M&S
programs including the Joint National Training Capability, a key component in the DoD's
training transformation architectures."
(Raytheon) Virtual Technology Corporation is a leader in distributed simulation technology,
interoperability solutions, industry leading tools, C4ISR systems, and the application of the
latest technology to solve challenging, mission critical problems for defense and aerospace
customers.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an industry leader in
defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and
business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs
80,000 people worldwide.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Captain Stephen A. Burris, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division,
and Naval Support Activity (NSA), Orlando
CAPT Burris graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982
with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He
completed flight training with VT-7 located at NAS Meridian
and was designated a Naval Aviator on July 6th, 1984.
CAPT Burris first served with the Sun Downers of VF-111
based at NAS Miramar. He deployed aboard the USS CARL
VINSON (CVN 70) flying the F-14A with CVW-15 during the
Iran-Iraq conflict. In 1989 he next served as an Air Combat
Training Instructor with the Blackbirds of VF-45 located aboard
NAS Key West. There he enjoyed flying the A-4E, F-5E and
F-16N while serving as the unit’s Section Tactics Instructor.
Selected for entry into the Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer (AEDO) program in 1992, CAPT
Burris reported to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He completed his M.S.
degree in Aeronautical Engineering in the spring of 1994. Following graduation he reported to
VFA-125 for transition to the F/A-18 with follow-on orders as the High Speed Anti-Radiation
Missile (HARM) Project Officer assigned to the Weapons Division of the Naval Air Warfare
Center located at China Lake, CA. In 1997 he attended the Naval Test Pilot School at NAS
Patuxent River, graduating with distinction as a member of Class 111. He returned to China
Lake as a “Plank Owner” of the newly formed Naval Weapons Test Squadron, assigned as the
Senior Military Officer within the F/A-18 Advanced Weapons Laboratory supporting system
integration and validation testing of the Super Hornet.
He next served as the Joint Strike Fighter X-35 Class Desk Officer during concept
demonstration of the X-35A, B and C model aircraft. He was recognized as a 2001 Collier
Award winner for his service on the JSF LiftFan STOVL demonstration team. He then reported
to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron THREE ONE (VX-31) as the Chief Test Pilot. CAPT Burris
assumed command on Oct. 18th, 2002 and successfully served as CO until Apr. 2nd, 2004.
During his tour the command won the CNO Safety “S” and the Navy Meritorious Unit
Commendation.
CAPT Burris reported as the Executive Officer for NAWCTSD/NSA Orlando in June 2004. He
volunteered to support Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as the Chief of Staff for the Regime
Crimes Liaison’s Office established by the President of the United States from Oct. 2005 until
Apr. 2006. He assumed command on June 9th, 2006 at NAVAIR Orlando, responsible for
leading both NAWCTSD and NSA Orlando.
CAPT Burris has logged over 3,300 pilot hours in 25 different aircraft, having accumulated 313
carrier-arrested landings. His personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star,
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation
Medal (2nd Gold Star), Joint Service Achievement Medal, and Navy Achievement Medal. He is
married to the former Katie Webb and they are the proud parents of Emily and William.
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Dr. John A. "Drew" Hamilton, Jr.
Director
Auburn University Information
Assurance Center
and
President
Society for Modeling & Simulation,
International (SCS)
John A. "Drew" Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D., is an associate professor of computer science and
software engineering at Auburn University and director of Auburn's Information
Assurance Center. Dr. Hamilton was responsible for Auburn University being designated
an Information Assurance Center of Academic Excellence by the National Security
Agency. He is the President of the Society for Modeling & Simulation, International
(SCS), Secretary-Treasurer of ACM’s Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM)
and is on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Modeling & Simulation Council and
Director of Auburn University’s branch of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Science
(MISS). Dr. Hamilton is a member of the Simulation Interoperability Standards
Organization (SISO) and has previously served on the SISO Conference Committee.
During his active duty career in the United States Army, Dr. Hamilton served as the first
Director of the Joint Forces Program Office at SPAWAR working command & control
interoperability and on the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Faculty of the
United States Military Academy as well as Chief of the Ada Joint Program Office.
Dr. Hamilton has a B.A. in Journalism/Public Relations from Texas Tech University, an
M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, an M.S. in
Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Texas
A&M University. Dr. Hamilton is a graduate of the Naval War College with distinction.
Dr. Hamilton’s research interests include simulation of computer networks, practical
applications of the DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF), prevention/protection against
distributed denial of service attacks and software vulnerability analysis. CRC Press
publishes his book, Distributed Simulation, written with Dr. David A. Nash and Dr. U. W.
Pooch and SCS Press publishes his book Modeling Command and Control Interoperability.
A complete bio is available at http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/hamilton/
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Eric A. Watz
Lumir Research Institute
Air Force Lab
Mesa, Arizona
Mr. Watz is a Software Engineer with Lumir Research Institute at the Air Force Research
Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate Warfighter Readiness Research Division in
Mesa, AZ. He holds an M.S. in Computer Information Systems from the University of
Phoenix, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Arizona State University. His software
experience for the past five years has focused on military simulation systems, and he is
the lead engineer on the Performance Effectiveness Tracking System. Mr. Watz will be
speaking on paper 07S-SIW-067, “DIS: Does Interoperability Suffice? A Need to set a
Higher Standard”. This was a 2007 Spring SIW “SIWzie” awarded paper.
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CHARLES "CHUCK" MCLEAN
US Department of Commerce’s
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Gaithersburg, MD
Chuck McLean is a computer scientist and Group Leader of the Manufacturing Simulation and
Modeling Group at the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and
Technology in Gaithersburg, MD. As a member of NIST's research staff, he has managed a
number of programs in areas such as simulation for homeland security, manufacturing, and health
care; engineering tool integration; product data standards; factory control systems; and
manufacturing automation. He has authored more than 50 research papers on topics in these
areas. A report on “Modeling and Simulation for Emergency Response,” which he co-authored
with Dr. Sanjay Jain, has had over 100,000 downloads from the NIST web site.
He serves on the Executive Board of the Winter Simulation Conference and the Editorial Board of
the International Journal of Production, Planning, and Control. He is a prior member of the
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Executive Committee. He is also a
former Vice Chairman and currently a member of the International Federation on Information
Processing (IFIP) Working Group 5.7 on Production Management Systems. He led the U.S. team
in an international collaboration with Japan and Europe under the Intelligent Manufacturing
Systems (IMS) Program called MISSION. The MISSION project focused on developing solutions
for the simulation and modeling of globally distributed enterprises using the High Level
Architecture (HLA).
He received two Bronze Medal Awards from the U.S. Department of Commerce for his research
and management work at NIST. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Information Engineering
from University of Illinois at Chicago, a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Cornell University in
Ithaca, NY, and is a former Naval Electronics Officer. He is married and has two daughters. His
older daughter is a recent Air Force Academy graduate, currently assigned to the F-22 Raptor
Squadron at Langley AFB in Hampton, VA. His younger daughter is a senior at the University of
Maryland.
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SUNDAY - TUTORIALS
TUTORIALS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Note: Tutorial cost is 90.00 (USD). This price includes the cost of refreshments at the 3:00pm
break.
Tutorial #1 - An Introduction to
Warfare Modeling and Simulation
Amelia Room
Instructors: Michael W. Garrambone, General Dynamics
Bret R. Givens, Infoscitex Corporation
This is an informal and enjoyable four-hour course of instruction on the fundamentals of Warfare
Modeling and Simulation for the novice or supervisor who wants more insight into the M&S
work of his scientists or engineers. There are no prerequisites for this course and everything is
contained in the lessons. The course begins with an introduction to Military Operation Research
concepts and the development of scientific approaches to solving military problems using
Modeling and Simulation. We introduce many operational concepts along with the uses of
simulation models and scientific techniques used by computer science professions, analysts, and
combat operators. Here, we examine why and how simulation is used as a tool to look at
solutions to complex warfighter problems. The second lesson provided grounding in the basics of
Military Modeling and Simulation (M&S). We introduce basic M&S concepts (e.g., model,
simulation, stochastic processes, decision making, DoD uses of models), how models support
military wargaming, along with clear aspects of the demon words of verification, validation, and
accreditation. In the third hour we cover all aspects of combat modeling at the individual system
level. He we discuss detailed interactions of combatants and employment of weapon systems
used in computer simulations. We cover organizations, fighting systems, combat processes,
C4ISR, battlefield environment, and the structure and uses of the most common DoD simulation
models. The last hour is devoted to two short and intriguing practical exercises. The attendee
will get a chance to follow and try out two high resolution combat models and to answer
questions which show how learning has been accomplished in an a very entertaining
environment.
1300-1700
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TUTORIALS (Cont’d)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Tutorial # 2 - Building Web
Services Enabled Federates
Using HLA Evolved
Biscayne Room
Instructor: Bjorn Möller, Pitch Technologies
The HLA standard is currently undergoing a revision with the working name HLA Evolved. One
of the major additions to the standard is the Web Service API. It allows simulations to connect
and interoperate in a fully HLA-compliant manner using Web Service calls over local and widearea networks. Building upon Web Service standards it is supported by a wide range of
development and deployment environments.
The Web Service API introduces many new opportunities, combining the "best of two worlds". It
is important to understand that it complements rather than replaces the current C++ and Java
APIs. This tutorial gives a short introduction to HLA and to Web Services both from a life-cycle
and technical perspective. Examples of development frameworks and deployment options are
presented. The new Web Service HLA API, based on the WSDL standard, is then presented in
detail.
1300-1700
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TUTORIALS (Cont’d)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Tutorial # 3 - Simulation
Conceptual Modeling (SCM)
Theory and Use Cases
Captiva Room
Instructor: Jake Borah, AEgis Technologies
The SISO Simulation Conceptual Modeling Study Group (SCM SG) was formed in order to
investigate the best practices of simulation conceptual modeling. The SCM SG produced the
following Vision Statement of Conceptual Modeling, “A simulation conceptual model is an
abstraction from either the existing or a notional physical world that serves as a frame of
reference for further simulation development by documenting simulation-independent views of
important entities and their key actions and interactions. A simulation conceptual model
describes what the simulation will represent, the assumptions limiting those representations, and
other capabilities needed to satisfy the stakeholder’s requirements. It bridges between these
requirements, and simulation design.” The SCM SG found that additional work was necessary to
mature the state-of-the-art of simulation conceptual modeling before a recommended practices
guide could be standardized. This tutorial has been created to continue the maturation of the
simulation conceptual modeling best practices.
This tutorial will present the current theory underlying the practice of simulation conceptual
modeling as documented during the research done by the SCM SG. The SCM theory will
introduce the use of the informal and formal views that will act as a bridge between stakeholder’s
requirements and simulation implementation. In addition, Use Cases that have been drawn from
previous SIWs presentations will be presented to illustrate how conceptual modeling has been
performed.
1300-1700
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MONDAY
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AGENDA
MONDAY MORNING
NEWCOMERS' ORIENTATION
BISCAYNE ROOM
The Newcomer's Orientation is designed for those who have not previously attended a Simulation
Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Workshop. The session's goal is to help the new attendee
gain maximum benefit from the Workshop and from participation in SISO. In this session, we describe the
structure of the Workshop, the overall organization of the Simulation Interoperability Standards
Organization, how it works and how to participate in it.
0815-1000
Introduction to SISO
Bill Tucker
SISO STANDARDS 101
CAPTIVA ROOM
Standards 101 is designed for those who are interested in the details of standards development within
SISO. The session’s goal is to help new (or existing) members of the Standards Activity Committee,
Product Development Groups, Product Support Groups, and Study Groups understand the standards
development processes with SISO. We will describe the applicable policies and procedures, the operation
of the groups, and the requirements of the Balloted Products Development and Support Process.
0815-1000
James (Mark) McCall
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUP
DISTRIBUTED INTEROPERABILITY
SIMULATION (DIS) PDG
AMELIA ROOM
The DIS PDG is updating the IEEE 1278 standards for Distributed Interactive Simulation. A very active
group is now finalizing the IEEE 1278.1 DIS Application Protocols standard. Three sessions have been
scheduled at the 2007 Fall SIW. All three are dedicated to resolving comments on the draft standard to
ready it for the IEEE balloting process. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in review of the
draft DIS standard. DIS PDG members may participate in working group telecons and have access to the
Discussion Group reflector. To become a member, simply send a request to bob.murray@boeing.com.
0800-1200
Bob Murray
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AGENDA
MONDAY AFTERNOON
PLENARY SESSION
1330-1340
1340-1355
1355-1425
1425-1500
1500-1530
1530-1550
1550-1610
1610-1635
1635-1650
1650-1700
1700-1705
CYPRESS/SANIBEL ROOM
Call to Order and Welcome, Ralph Weber, Chair, SISO Conference Committee
State of SISO: Rick Severinghaus, Chair, SISO Executive Committee
Featured Speaker: CAPT Steven Burris, USN, "The M&S Role in Support
of Homeland Defense/Security Training "
Featured Speaker: Charles (Chuck) McLean, “M&S for Emergency Response”.
BREAK
Invited Speaker: SIWzie Awardee: Eric Watz, DIS: Does Interoperability Suffice?
A Need to Set a Higher Standard
Invited Speaker: Dr. Drew Hamilton: SCS-SISO Cooperative Enterprises
State of SAC: Mark McCall, Chair, SISO Standards Activities Committee
Award Presentations: Ralph Weber, Chair, SISO Conference Committee
Admin Announcements: Dr. Duncan Miller, SISO Executive Director,
Conference/Workshop Activities
Adjourn
ALL-SISO SOCIAL
Immediately following the Plenary Session, the ALL-SISO Social will commence in the areas adjacent to
the Exhibitors Area, both indoors and out, weather permitting. Please join us for this informal gathering!
Food and drink will be available, courtesy of our SISO Sponsors and Exhibitors. Renew acquaintances,
plan your week, and meet members of the Executive Committee (EXCOM), Standards Activity Committee
(SAC), Conference Committee, (CC) and Planning & Review Panels (PRPs) – and take a look at the
products and technology on display.
1730-1900
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TUESDAY
USER COMMUNITY FORUM
ANALYSIS (ANL) FORUM
TUESDAY
AMELIA ROOM
The Analysis (ANL) forum focuses on interoperability issues and uses of distributed models and
simulations by the analysis community, including issues of experiment design and data analysis, analysis
issues in Advanced Distributed Simulation (ADS) and Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA),
requirements definition, use cases (both success and failure).
0815-0830
Introduction & Welcome
0830-0900
07F-SIW-010 - Marine Advanced Unit, Infantry
Jane Bachman
(MAUI) Study
07F-SIW-008 - Design and Implementation of an Urban
Michael Longtin
Environment Convoy Behavior
***JOINT SESSION WITH RD&E FORUM IN THE CYPRESS ROOM***
07F-SIW-058 - Federation Agreements - Observations,
Wim Huiskamp
Considerations and Proposals out of the NATO MSG-052
Working Group
***END OF JOINT SESSION ***
BREAK
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-
Cam Tran
07F-SIW-044 - A Proposed Open System Architecture for
Modeling and Simulation (OSAMS)
07F-SIW-019 - Functional Requirement Decomposition
and Analysis Enabling Cross Command Tool Design,
Development and Integration
07F-SIW-020 - Providing Distinct Domains for Multiple
Joint Players in a Large Scale Battlespace Exercise Using
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Filtering
LUNCH
07F-SIW-077 - Applying the Base Object Model to the
Torpedo Enterprise Advanced Modeling and Simulation
Initiative
07F-SIW-021 - Implementing the Five Canonical Offensive
Maneuvers in a CGF Environment
07F-SIW-032 - Automating Forecasting and Exploration of
Complex Simulation Effects (AFECSE)
BREAK
07F-SIW-016 - BML Grammar Development by a Task
Analysis Methodology
07F-SIW-061 - Simulation Formalisms: Review and
Comparison of Existing Definitions of Key Terms
07F-SIW-101 - A Functional, Technical, and Operational
Tool Assessment
Wrap-Up & Adjourn
- 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Nominee
103
Dr. Jeffrey Steinman
Brian K. Hobson
Steve Padilla
Jim Watkins
David Sidran
Zach Horiatis
Jeff Abbot
Saikou Diallo
Keith Johnston
Cam Tran
USER COMMUNITY FORUM (CONT’D)
TRAINING (TRAIN) FORUM
TUESDAY
BISCAYNE ROOM
The TRAIN forum focuses on issues associated with using simulations to support the acquisition of
knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes through education, training, and performance support. We
solicit papers addressing simulation-based learning in industry, academia, and government (including the
DOD), particularly those identifying interoperability or standards shortfalls or requirements. Special
interest topics: (1) simulation support of all aspects of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and
Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) programs: education, training, and performance support (e.g.,
embedded training, Computer-Based Training, automated performance assessment, mission rehearsal,
Course of Action analysis, etc.); (2) simulation support to training events associated with Small Scale
Contingencies (SSCs), Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), Support and Stability Operations
(SASO), and other related combat and non-combat activities; (3) single vs multi-player/student training
issues or lessons learned (individual vs collective/team simulation-based learning) and; (4) game and
game technology support to training events.
0815-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
Introduction & Welcome
Modeling & Simulation Training Applications Session
07F-SIW-037 - The History of the Army’s Research and
Development for Medical Simulation Training
07F-SIW-001 - A behavioral Engine and a Motivational
Engine: A Joint Operation
07F-SIW-040 - A Mixed Resolution Simulation for Highly
Scalable Urban and Regional Populace Modeling
BREAK
Scott Johnston
Michelle Mayo
Dr. Christophe Meyer
Dale Moyer
07F-SIW-065 - Applying the Mission Essential
Competency Development Process to an Emergency
Operations Center
Modeling & Simulation Interoperability Session
07F-SIW-088 - Purpose-Aware Interoperabilty: The
ONISTT Ontologies and Analyzer
George Alliger
07F-SIW-081 - Joint Interaction Validation
LUNCH
07F-SIW-111 - Creating a Distributed Synthetic Battlespace
for Joint Warfighter Training
Game-Based Training Systems Session
07F-SIW-030 - Using Advanced Gaming Technology to
Develop Instructional Simulations for Critical Thinking
Training
07F-SIW-063 - Commercial Games for Command and
Control - A Study of Clan Leaders and Military Commanders
BREAK
Eugene Stoudenmire
Dr. Reginald Ford
Joe Sorroche, Jr
Dr. Anya Andrews
Björn Asklöf
- 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Nominee
(Cont’d)
104
TRAIN FORUM (CONT’D)
Modeling & Simulation Standardization Efforts Session
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-
07F-SIW-099 - Next Steps in Simulation Standards
Development
07F-SIW-096 - A Proposed Distributed After Action Review
(DAAR) Standard Based on the Joint Training Experimentation
Program (JTEP) DAAR
07F-SIW-072 - Standardized Space Trainer (SST)
Proof-of-Concept
Wrap-Up & Adjourn
- 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Nominee
105
Dr. Martin Stytz
Dr. Reginald Ford
Laura Dietz
Scott Johnston
USER COMMUNITY FORUM (CONT’D)
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING
(RD&E) FORUM
TUESDAY
CYPRESS ROOM
The Research, Development & Engineering (RD&E) forum addresses issues and applications of
distributed M&S within the RDE domain, including requirements for backward compatibility between
simulations and distributed simulation infrastructures. RDE focuses on community requirements and
experiences with new applications using distributed computing technologies.
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-1705
1705-
Planning Review Panel (PRP) Meeting
Cynthia Ballard
***JOINT SESSION WITH CMSS FORUM IN THE LARGO ROOM***
07F-SIW-048 - Design of an Urban Chemical Disaster
Dr. James Coolahan
Simulation Federation for Preparedness and Response
***END OF JOINT SESSION ***
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE ANL FORUM***
07F-SIW-058 - Federation Agreements - Observations,
Wim Huiskamp
Considerations and Proposals out of the NATO MSG-052
Working Group Knowledge Network for Federation
Architecture and Design
***END OF JOINT SESSION ***
BREAK
Virtual Systems Focus Session
07F-SIW-023 - Effects of Long-Haul Network Connectivity
Michael Slater
on the Visual Fidelity of Real-time Flight Simulations
07F-SIW-076 - Enhancing Virtual Simulation Systems
Interoperability through V-DIS
Invited Presentation: Distributed Interactive Simulation
Extension Product Development Group (DIS PDG)
LUNCH
Unmanned Air Vehicles Focus Session
Lance Marrou
07F-SIW-094 - Using Neurobiologically Inspired
Algorithms to Control Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
07F-SIW-089 - An Introduction to the Joint Architecture
for Unmanned Systems
RDE User Community Focus - Session
Invited Presentation: Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC)
Architecture Interoperability Study Group Update
BREAK
Bret Givens
07F-SIW-069 - Making Your BOMs and FOM Modules
Play Together
07F-SIW-038 - Template Driven Code Generator for
HLA Middleware
07F-SIW-078 - Open Source Software - Beyond the
Download Button
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Hot Wash
Björn Möller
- 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Nominee
106
Bob Murray
Steve Rowe
Len Granowetter
Roger Jansen
Dr. Trevor Pearce
RDE PRP
USER COMMUNITY FORUM (CONT’D)
TEST AND EVALUATION (T&E) FORUM
TUESDAY
CAPTIVA ROOM
The Test & Evaluation (T&E) forum addresses uses of distributed simulation in test and evaluation
(T&E), including the integration of live entities with virtual and constructive simulations; the integration
of hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), Integrated Systems Test Facilities (ISTFs), and other T&E facilities
with distributed simulations; the use of simulation to test and evaluate C4ISR, Systems of Systems
(SoS), Family of Systems (FoS), and interoperability; and performance issues in using distributed
simulation in T&E applications.
0820-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-039 - Wireless Network Simulation for Army
UAVs
07F-SIW-033 - Employing Future Path Information to
Improve Position Accuracy in Distributed Simulations
Wayne Lindo
Dr. Drew Hamilton
07F-SIW-099 - Next Steps in Simulation Standards
Development
BREAK
07F-SIW-083 - Advancing the Federation Development
and Execution Process (FEDEP) for Simulation Based
Acquisition (SBA)
07F-SIW-098 - MATREX Develops an Innovative Approach
for the V&V of a Complex Simulation Environment
Dr. Martin Stytz
07F-SIW-116 - Practical Approach for Verification and
Validation of the Test Event Federations
Wrap Up & Adjourn
- 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Nominee
107
David Mutschler
Paul Lowe
Lana McGlynn
Joseph M. Olah
Wayne Lindo
COMMAND, CONTROL
COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND
RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR) TRACK
COMMAND & CONTROL/MODELING
AND SIMULATION SERVICES
(C2/MS) FORUM
TUESDAY
SANIBEL ROOM
The Command & Control/Modeling and Simulation Services (C2/M&S) forum addresses standards to
ensure interoperability when coupling simulation and C2 systems; standards to ensure composability
when integrating simulation components and C2 components into a common framework; and standards
to represent C2 systems and the underlying infrastructure within simulation applications.
0800-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1415
1415-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-111- Creating a Distributed Synthetic Battlespace
for Joint Warfighter Training
07F-SIW-084 - Improving Testing Capability of
Interoperability for Link-11 by Building a Gateway for
a TCP/IP Network
07F-SIW-005 - Simulating Advanced Features of Link-16
BREAK
07F-SIW-051 - Joint Battle Management Language (JBML) –
Phase 1 Development and Demonstration Results
07F-SIW-016 - BML Grammar Development by a Task
Analysis Methodology
07F-SIW-054 - A System View of C-BML
LUNCH
Invited Presentation: C2IEDM/JC31EDM Efforts in the
US Army
Invited Presentation: NECC and Interoperability in J7
BREAK
07F-SIW-060 - Shaping Insurgent Route Selection: Area
Coverage Strategies
07F-SIW-036 - Cross Command Collaboration
Environment (3CE): Multipurpose Platform for
Simulation C2
07F-SIW-022 - A State Estimation Approach for Live
Aircraft Engagement in a C2 Simulation Environment
Wrap-up & Adjourn
- 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Nominee
108
John Daly
Joe Sorroche, Jr.
Ho Jun Lee
Anthony Devivi
Stan Levine
Jeff Abbott
Andreas Tolk
Jim Blalok
Stuart Whitehead
Niki Goerger
Arthur Sheppard
Arno Duvenhage
John Daly
SPECIAL SESSION
TUESDAY
CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND
SOCIETAL SECURITY (CMSS)
LARGO ROOM
A new SIW Forum is being established for papers concerning Crisis Management and Societal
Security, focusing on various aspects of modeling and simulation, including predictive and descriptive
models for analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, decision support, and training
purposes. The Forum will be planned in cooperation with the ISO TC 223 Societal Security
Standardizing Organization.
0800-0805
0805-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-013 - Integration of Incident Management
Simulation-based Training Applications
07F-SIW-073 - The Virtual Arena for Crisis Management
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE RD&E FORUM***
07F-SIW-048 - Design of an Urban Chemical Disaster
Simulation Federation for Preparedness and Response
***END OF JOINT SESSION ***
Discussion
Wrap-up & Adjourn
109
Tom Mullins
Charles McLean
Lykke Silfwerbrand
Dr. James Coolahan
ALL
Tom Mullins
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE
(HLA)–EVOLVED PDG
TUESDAY
MANATEE ROOM
The IEEE 1516 series of HLA specifications was originally approved by the IEEE Standards Activity
(SA) Board in Fall 2000. Since that time, a DoD Interpretations Document for IEEE 1516 and a
Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API for IEEE 1516.1 have been in active development. In addition,
many new potential HLA requirements have been identified based on feedback from the various
domains and application areas that comprise the HLA user community. This PDG seeks to address these
requirements via a formal open review of the IEEE 1516 series of specifications. As part of this process,
the PDG will incorporate those aspects of the Interpretations Document and Dynamic Link Compatible
HLA API that need to become part of the core standard.
0830-0845
0845-0930
0930-0945
0945-1000
1000-
Welcome, Introduction and Status
Review of major changes in HLA Evolved
Discussion of IEEE Balloting Process
Open Discussion
Wrap-up & Adjourn
SIMULATION REFERENCE MARKUP
LANGUAGE (SRML) PDG
Roy Scrudder
Roy Scrudder
MANATEE ROOM
The SRML Product Development Group (PDG) is working on standardization of a simulation markup
language and corresponding simulation engine specification based on the Simulation Reference Markup
Language (SRML). The language specification will include: (1) SRML concept of operations including
engine description; (2) XML tag set for SRML with descriptive text; (3) SRML User Guide. The engine
specification will include an Engine object model and an Application Program Interface (API)
reference. SRML promotes web-based simulation and facilitates delivery of models via the Web, and is
thus positioned to support existing and future advancements in grid computing.
1030-1200
Bob Lutz
110
STANDING STUDY GROUP
COMMON IMAGE GENERATOR
INTERFACE (CIGI) SSG
TUESDAY
MANATEE ROOM
The goal of the Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) SSG is to evaluate industry and government
interest in developing a standard image generator interface. Typically, today's Image Generator (IG)
vendors have their own closed, proprietary run-time interfaces. At I/ITSEC'02, Boeing proposed their
Open Source Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) as a run-time interface that could be adopted by
the simulation community. Boeing indicated that they would like to see a standards organization adopt
CIGI and develop it into a robust and broadly accepted simulation industry image generator run-time
interface standard. The SG is discussing this proposal, evaluating alternatives, and generating
recommendations and a proposed action plan.
1330-1345
1345-1400
1400-1500
1500-1530
1530-1700
1700-1900
1900-
Introduction & Welcome
Status Review of previous meeting’s Action Items
Review of Symbology Interface PCR
BREAK
New Business, set next meeting
BREAK
Follow-on discussion (as necessary)
111
Bill Phelps
Bill Phelps
Attendees
Attendees
Attendees
DRAFTING GROUP
TUESDAY
GENERIC METHODOLOGY FOR
VV&A FOR THE MODELING &
SIMULATION DOMAIN (GM V&V)
DRAFTING GROUP
DOLPHIN ROOM
The priority of this meeting is given to the reference manual discussion:
Reference Manual – This documents the underlying concepts of the methodology, including the
foundations of the chosen terminology, the explanation of the dependencies between activities and
products, their meaning for the V&V and Acceptance endeavor, and the rationale for their execution and
creation. The reference manual is referred to whenever a deeper understanding of the methodology is
required.
User’s Manual – This documents which safely guides its users through the V&V and Acceptance efforts
and clarifies their responsibilities by explaining how to apply the methodology in practice. It describes
the activities to perform and the products to produce, the interactions taking place among those involved,
the flow of products, and how to tailor the methodology to the specific needs of the Modeling and
Simulation (M&S) project.
0800-0830
0830-0900
0900-1000
1000-1030
1030-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1630
1630-1700
1700-1800
1900-2200
Introduction (Schedule and procedures)
Reference manual presentation
Comments’ resolution (reference manual)
BREAK
Comments’ resolution (reference manual)
LUNCH
Completeness and coverage of reference
manual concept (in depth and breadth)
User’s manual presentation
Comments’ resolution (user’s manual)
BREAK
Comments’ resolution (user’s manual)
Conclusion
BREAK
Evening Session (if necessary)
112
Ad van Lier
Renė Jacquart
Renė Jacquart/ALL
Renė Jacquart/ALL
Renė Jacquart/ALL
Constantinos Giannoulis/ALL
Constantinos Giannoulis/ALL
Constantinos Giannoulis/ALL
Ad van Lier/ALL
EVENING SESSIONS
TUESDAY
CROSS COMMAND COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT (3CE) NIGHT
AMELIA ROOM
Cross Command Collaborative Effort (3CE) is a joint effort by the Army's Program Manager Future
Combat Systems Brigade Combat Team (PM FCS(BCT)), Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC),
Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM), and Army Test and Evaluation
Command (ATEC) to develop a common PM FCS(BCT), TRADOC, RDECOM, and ATEC M&S and
data environment for the design, development, integration, and testing of capabilities, systems, and
prototypes. This session will include a short information brief on 3CE as well as description on where
3CE is at, in its development, and planned (FY08 and out) path ahead.
1900-2100
LTC Favio Lopez
NAVY NIGHT
BISCAYNE ROOM
Navy Night is a Navy/Marine Corps-oriented meeting organized by the Navy Modeling and Simulation
Office (NMSO). It is held at each SIW. As usual, we are planning to cover a variety of subjects. While
the focus is Navy/Marine Corp, all are Welcome!
1900-2100
John Moore
113
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WEDNESDAY
APPLICATIONS TRACK
WEDNESDAY
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND
SUPPORT (SMAS) FORUM
CYPRESS ROOM
System Management and Support (SMAS) Forum
The System Management and Support (SMAS) forum focuses on M&S and related enablers of integrated,
collaborative enterprises for system/vehicle or weapon system product development, particularly from a
life-cycle wide, mission capability/system-of-systems perspective. Topics of interest include policy,
processes, tool suite strategies, information management, global commercial operations, and enterprise
process simulations, collaboration/optimization means and work force implications. The latter include but
are not limited to executable models of work flow, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and customer,
patient, crowd, or traffic flow. Priority is on actual, broadly-applicable experiences in these areas.
0800-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
Introduction & Welcome
Simulation Based Acquisition Session
07F-SIW-067 - Implementation of the Acquisition
Modeling & Simulation Master Plan
07F-SIW-041 - The Transformational Potential of Modeling
and Simulation Technology when applied across the
Lifecycle of Large Scale Systems of Systems (SoS)
Enterprises
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE DSPT FORUM **
07F-SIW-083 - Advancing the FEDEP for Simulation Based
Acquisition
***END OF JOINT SESSION***
BREAK
Federation Development Session
07F-SIW-024 - MSG-052 Knowledge Network for Federation
Architecture and Design
07F-SIW-077 - Applying the Base Object Model to the
Torpedo Enterprise Advanced Modeling and Simulation
Initiative
07F-SIW-048 - Design of an Urban Chemical Disaster
Simulation Federation for Preparedness and Response
LUNCH
Vehicle Applications Session
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE IO-ISR FORUM***
07F-SIW-094 - Using Neurobiologically Inspired
Algorithms to Control Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
***END OF JOINT SESSION***
Tim Jahren
Michael Truelove
Paul Watson
Dr. Katherine Morse
Gunnar Öhlund
Jim Watkins
Dr. James Coolahan
Bret Givens
-Nominated for 2006 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
(Cont’d)
117
SMAS FORUM (CONT’D)
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-
07F-SIW-022 - A State Estimation Approach for Live
Aircraft Engagement in a C2 Simulation Environment
07F-SIW-008 - Design and Implementation of an Urban
Environment Convoy Behavior
BREAK
07F-SIW-034 - A Pilot Implementation of the Core
Manufacturing Simulation Data (CMSD) Information Model
Wrap-up & Adjourn
118
Arno Duvenhage
Michael Longtin
Swee Leong
Tim Jahren
APPLICATIONS TRACK (CONT’D)
SPACE COMMUNITY (SPACE) FORUM
WEDNESDAY
CAPTIVA ROOM
The Space forum is being developed to facilitate efforts to move off the planet. The SISO Space Forum
will, in particular, elicit questions as well as answers to challenges in modeling and simulation product
development, design, communication, distribution, validation, verification, visualization integration and
synthesis. Panelists will address life cycle simulation issues – design, assembly, integration, test, check-out,
launch, landing, recovery and refurbishment—for space exploration.
1330-1400
Introduction & Welcome
Priscilla Elfrey
1400-1430
Panel Discussion: Simulation for Space
Exploration Conceptual Modeling, Visualization,
Human Factors, Distributed Simulation
Demonstration: Distributed Observer Network: An
Interoperable Platform for Space Exploration & Education
BREAK
07F-SIW-007 - An Analysis of Constraints on Distributed
Real-Time Simulations
Michael Conroy et al
1600-1630
07F-SIW-114 – “Harmonization” as an Approach
to International Standards for Space Simulation
Joni Richards
1630-1700
07F-SIW-117 - Automatic and Real-Time Visualization of
NASA Constellation Vehicle Simulations
Wesley N. Colley
1700-1730
07F-SIW-042 - A Common M&S Credibility Criteria-set
Supports Multiple Problem Domains
BREAK
Study Group - Report on Message Passing Study Group
Discussion: An assessment of Space Specific Simulation
Interoperability and Standards Issues
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Joe Hale
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1730-1800
1800-1830
1830-1900
1900-
-Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
119
Joni Richards
Robert Phillips
Danny Thomas
Priscilla Elfrey/
Mike Conroy
Priscilla Elfrey
COMMAND, CONTROL,
WEDNESDAY
COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE
AND RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR) TRACK
COMMAND & CONTROL/MODELING
AND SIMULATION SERVICES FORUM (C2/MS)
SANIBEL ROOM
The Command & Control/Modeling and Simulation Services (C2/M&S) forum addresses standards to
ensure interoperability when coupling simulation and C2 systems; standards to ensure composability when
integrating simulation components and C2 components into a common framework; and standards to
represent C2 systems and the underlying infrastructure within simulation applications.
0800-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-063 - Commercial Games for Command and
Control - A study of Clan Leaders and Military Commanders
07F-SIW-039 - Wireless Network Simulation for
Army UAVs
John Daly
Per Gustavsson
07F-SIW-044 - A Proposed Open System Architecture
for Modeling and Simulation (OSAMS)
BREAK
07F-SIW-017 - MSDL The Road to Balloting
07F-SIW-047 - Object Models, Messages, Languages –
The Warfighter Deserves Better
Dr. Jeffrey Steinman
07F-SIW-106 - Managing Simulation to C4I Entity
Mappings by Standard Compositions
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Kevin Gupton
-Nominated for 2006 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
120
Dr. Drew Hamilton
Jeff Abbott
Andreas Tolk
John Daly
COMMAND, CONTROL,
COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE
AND RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR)
TRACK (CONT’D)
INFORMATION OPERATIONSINTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE
AND RECONNAISSANCE (IO-ISR) FORUM
WEDNESDAY
LARGO ROOM
The Information Operations Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (IO-ISR) forum seeks papers
that deal with all aspects of Information Operations (IO), including computer network attack and defense,
modeling of IO in exercise and training, and threats to the Internet and other communications
infrastructures. IO-ISR seeks papers addressing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
issues including representation of the different intelligence disciplines (e.g., SIGINT, IMINT, HUMINT,
etc.) and the associated Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TPED) systems and
processes associated with the delivery of intelligence products to the warfighter.
1030-1035
Introduction & Welcome
1035-1100
07F-SIW-117 - Automatic and Real-Time Visualization
Wesley N. Colley
of NASA Constellation Vehicle Simulations
07F-SIW-039 - Wireless Network Simulation for Army
Dr. Drew Hamilton
UAVs
07F-SIW-025 - The Emerging DoD Distributed M&S
Scott Holben
FISMA Security Wall
LUNCH
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE SMAS FORUM IN CYPRESS ROOM***
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-
Tim DiVecchia
07F-SIW-094 - Using Neurobiologically Inspired
Algorithms to Control Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
***END OF JOINT SESSION***
07F-SIW-063 - Commercial Games for Command and
Control - A study of Clan Leaders and Military Commanders
07F-SIW-032 - Automating Forecasting and Exploration of
Complex Simulation Effects (AFECSE)
BREAK
07F-SIW-013 - Integration of Incident Management
Simulation-based Training Applications
07F-SIW-029 - Rapid Modeling of Urban Mission Areas
Using Ground-Based Imagery
07F-SIW-040 - A Mixed Resolution Simulation For Highly
Scalable Urban and Regional Populace Modeling
Wrap-up & Adjourn
-Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
121
Bret Givens
Per Gustavsson
Zach Horiatis
Charles McLean
Rob van Son
Dale Moyer
Tim DiVecchia
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION
DEVELOPMENT TRACK
SYNTHETIC MISSION SPACE
COMPOSABILITY (SMS COMPOSE)
FORUM
WEDNESDAY
CAPTIVA ROOM
The Synthetic Mission Space Composability (SMS COMPOSE) forum focuses on efforts underway within
the Services and across the Joint and International community. The objective of this forum is to explore
ways to integrate various environments on-demand, so that the best tools and products available are brought
to bear on a particular problem.
0800-0805
0805-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-052 - Federation Architecture Modeling:
A Case Study with NSTMSS
07F-SIW-103 - DoDAF, DEVS, HLA, MDA, and UML:
Lenses to View One Problem
07F-SIW-057 - Using BOM in Development of Distributed
Simulation Projects
07F-SIW-064 - AXIOM: A Concept Space Approach
Suitable for Achieving Meaning Composability Levels of
System of System Interoperability
BREAK
07F-SIW-119 - Pursuit of Composability and a Direction
Towards a General Framework to Show Composability
07F-SIW-107 - Towards a Comprehensive Theory of
Simulation
07F-SIW-026 - Concepts and Evaluation of Simulation
Model Reusability
LUNCH
SMS COMPOSE FORUM (CONT’D)
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-
07F-SIW-078 - Open Source Software - Beyond the
Download Button
07F-SIW-038 - Template Driven Code Generator for
HLA Middleware
07F-SIW-085 - A Foundation for Semantic Interoperability
Wrap-up & Adjourn
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
122
Randy Saunders
Ayhan Molla
Michael Jones
Yasemin Timar
Dr. James McCracken
Wesley Ishom
Dr. Eric Weisel
Dr. Yonglin Lei
MANATEE ROOM
Dr. Trevor Pearce
Roger Jansen
Dr. David Gross
Randy Saunders
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION
DEVELOPMENT TRACK (CONT’D)
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION PROCESS
AND TOOLS (DSPT) FORUM
WEDNESDAY
AMELIA ROOM
The Distributed Simulation Process and Tools (DSPT) forum focuses on evolving a generalized system
engineering process for developing and executing distributed simulations, and on the tools used for
automating various aspects of distributed simulations. This includes "lessons learned" solutions from
creating real-world, useful M&S applications, such as problems of integration, scalability, reuse, and
robustness. Automation of various aspects of distributed simulations includes scenario development,
initialization, monitoring, runtime controls, collection and repositories, visualization, and after-action
review.
0815-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
Introduction & Welcome
Jake Borah
Distributed Simulation Tools and Techniques Session
07F-SIW-009 - Achieving a Level Playing Field in
J.J. Boomgaardt
Distributed Simulations
07F-SIW-023 - Effects of Long-haul Network Connectivity
Michael Slater
on the visual fidelity of real-time flight simulations
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE SMAS FORUM IN CYPRESS ROOM***
07F-SIW-083 - Advancing the Federation Development and
Dr. Katherine L. Morse
Execution Process (FEDEP) for Simulation Based Acquisition
(SBA)
***END OF JOINT SESSION***
BREAK
Simulation Conceptual Modeling and Base Object Model Applications Session
1030-1100
07F-SIW-010 - Marine Advanced Unit, Infantry
(MAUI) Study
1100-1130
07F-SIW-012 - The Informal Simulation Conceptual
Jake Borah
Modeling -- Insights from Ongoing Projects
07F-SIW-057 - Using BOM in Development of Distributed
Ismail Bikmaz
Simulation Projects
LUNCH
Distributed Simulation Applications and Approaches Session
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE CFI FORUM IN BISCAYNE ROOM***
07F-SIW-075 - NATO and NATO/PfP Nations HLA
Roy Scrudder
Compliance Certification: History, Lessons Learned and
Proposed Enhancements
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
Jane Bachman
-Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
(Cont’d)
123
DSPT/CFI JOINT SESSION (CONT’D)
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-
07F-SIW-069 - Making Your BOMs and FOM Modules
Björn Moller
Play Together
07F-SIW-096 - A Proposed Distributed After Action Review
Dr. Reginald Ford
(DAAR) Standard Based on the Joint Training Experimentation
Program (JTEP) DAAR
BREAK
07F-SIW-044 - A Proposed Open System Architecture for
Modeling and Simulation (OSAMS)
Close Combined CFI/DSPT session
-Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
124
Dr. Jeffrey Steinman
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION
DEVELOPMENT TRACK (CONT’D)
WEDNESDAY
VERIFICATION, VALIDATION &
ACCREDITATION (VV&A) FORUM
DOLPHIN ROOM
The Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) forum focuses on methodologies, procedures, and
associated techniques used to establish credibility of models, simulations, and federations. VV&A goals
emphasize quality (e.g., building in authoritative representations and behaviors) and risk management, and
support development and evolution of VV&A guidance to enhance the federation lifecycle process. Current
objectives include evolving a model for validation process maturity, formalizing the conceptual model via
the Conceptual Model Study Group, and establishing recommended practices for federation VV&A via the
VV&A PDG. Special focus areas include validation process maturity model, conceptual model validation,
and substantive interoperability.
0800-0840
0840-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1630
1630-
VV&A Forum and Summit Overview
Invited Presentation: VV&A One Voice Unified,
Common & Cross-Cutting
07F-SIW-068 - Automating Standardized Information
for the Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Process:
An Acquisition Community Sponsored M&S Project
07F-SIW-104 - Clarifying Validation for Agent Based
Simulations
BREAK
07F-SIW-088 - Purpose-Aware Interoperabilty: The ONISTT
Ontologies and Analyzer
Simone Youngblood
Simone Youngblood
Marcy Stutzman
Simone Youngblood
Dr. Reginald Ford
07F-SIW-081 - Joint Interaction Validation
07F-SIW-027 - The Fidelity of a Real-time Forest Machine
Simulator
LUNCH
Eugene Stoudenmire
Björn Löfgren
07F-SIW-042 - A Common M&S Credibility Criteria-set
Supports Multiple Problem Domains
07F-SIW-066 - Towards Conceptual Linkage of Models and
Simulations
07F-SIW-031 - An Inspection Approach for Conceptual
Models in Domain Specific Notations of UMLl: An
Experimental Study
BREAK
GM V&V PDG Update
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Joe Hale
-Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
125
Rob King
Ozgur Tanriover
Simone Youngblood
Simone Youngblood
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION
DEVELOPMENT TRACK (CONT’D)
SIMULATED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT/
SENSOR MODELING (SNE/SENS) FORUM
WEDNESDAY
LARGO ROOM
The Simulated Natural Environment/Sensor Modeling (SNE) forum addresses multi-domain use and reuse
of digital representations and models of the natural environment, including land, oceanic, atmospheric, and
space data. SNE also focuses on standards for, and application of, SNE data, effects and data models for
M&S; interoperability issues and lessons learned in large-scale integrated simulations that include multiple
real-time and non-real-time SNE representations; and issues and use cases relating to SEDRIS,
environmental data classification systems, and coordinate transformation systems.
Sensor Modeling (SENS) serves as a bridge between environmental and mission/system-related areas,
focusing on issues of interoperability, fidelity, and correlation for sensor simulations.
0800-0830
0830-0900
0930-1000
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-014 - Generating an API to Simplify
Interoperability with Road-Based Dead Reckoning
07F-SIW-029 - Rapid Modeling of Urban Mission Areas
Using Ground-Based Imagery
Discussion: Shaping the Future of SNE/SENS
1000-
Wrap-up & Adjourn
0900-0930
126
Carolynne Huether
Dale Moyer
Frido Kuijper
Carolynne Huether/
Jason Esteve
Carolynne Huether
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION
DEVELOPMENT TRACK (CONT’D)
WEDNESDAY
COMMUNICATION, FRAMEWORKS,
AND INFRASTRUCTURE (CFI) FORUM
BISCAYNE ROOM
The Communication, Frameworks, and Infrastructure (CFI) forum focuses on technologies that support
interoperation and run-time execution of distributed simulations. Historical examples include the HLA
Run-Time Infrastructure (RTI), DIS, ALSP, and SPEEDES. The Forum will also consider new and
alternate infrastructure concepts, such as web-based technologies. Topics include performance data,
implementation and design details, usage strategies, networking techniques, fault tolerance, security
considerations, and middleware or other frameworks for constructing, utilizing, or extending simulation
infrastructure.
0850-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1330-1400
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
Introduction & Welcome
07F-SIW-059 - Federate Management Infrastructure in HLA
Based Distributed Simulations
07F-SIW-025 - The Emerging DoD Distributed M&S
FISMA Security Wall
BREAK
07F-SIW-049 - Experiences with Ownership Transfer in
Large-scale Realtime Simulation
07F-SIW-011 - Integrating HLA to a Real World System
07F-SIW-045 - WarpIV Kernel: High Speed Communications
LUNCH
***JOINT SESSION WITH THE DSPT FORUM***
07F-SIW-075 - NATO and NATO/PfP Nations HLA
Compliance Certification: History, Lessons Learned and
Proposed Enhancements
Dr. Trevor Pearce
Tolga Basturk
07F-SIW-069 - Making Your BOMs and FOM Modules
Play Together
07F-SIW-096 - A Proposed Distributed After Action Review
(DAAR) Standard
BREAK
Björn Möller
07F-SIW-044 - A Proposed Open System Architecture for
Modeling and Simulation (OSAMS)
***END OF JOINT SESSION ***
Dr. Jeffrey Steinman
Scott Holben
Bill Helfinstine
Dr. Victor Skowronski
Dr. Jeffrey Steinman
Roy Scrudder
Dr. Reginald Ford
-Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Recommended Reading List (RRL) Award
(Cont’d)
127
CFI FORUM (CONT’D)
1600-1630
07F-SIW-118 - The Portico Project: A funded Open
Source Initiative
Tim Pokorny
1630-1700
Panel Discussion: Open Source in SISO?
Panel: Dr. Jeffrey Steinman
Tim Pokorny
Dr. Trevor Pearce
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Dr. Katherine Morse
(Chair)
1700-
128
Dr. Trevor Pearce
SPECIAL SESSION
WEDNESDAY
SIMSUMMIT MEETING
MANATEE ROOM
SimSummit is an informal roundtable of leading organizations with broad interest in M&S technology,
professional development, industry and market, including government, commercial, academic and
professional.
This session will address several topics, including an update on H. Res. 487, the resolution recognizing the
contributions of modeling and simulation. The main focus will be a discussion of the “Final Technical
Report of SimSummit Survey on US DoD M&S Management / Leadership”.
SimSummit member organizations are particularly invited, but others may attend on a space available basis.
0800-1000
Bill Waite
SIMSUMMIT STANDARDS
COMMITTEE MEETING
MANATEE ROOM
The SimSummit Standards Program is focused on accelerating the development of simulation frameworks,
architectures, interface and data standards, testing capabilities, and other supporting infrastructures that are
needed to advance the use of simulation technology and the interests of the simulation community. The
meeting will present the draft plan for the SimSummit Standards Program and solicit feedback from
interested participants.
The Program will:
♦ Identify standards needs and requirements with users and vendors
♦ Establishment of relationships with standards bodies
♦ Help form new standards activities and supporting infrastructure for proposed standards
♦ Promotion of the deployment of simulation standards within the community
Incorporation of implementations of the standards within vendor products is outside of the scope of this
program. Examples of simulation domains included in this program include: defense, manufacturing,
health care, homeland security, education, law enforcement. The Program will bring together
representatives from interested organizations and programs in various simulation domains to identify and
document standards, testing and technology needs. It will identify appropriate organizations to host
standards development and testing activities and support the creation of activities within those
organizations. It will analyze resource requirements for standards support, identify potential supporters,
and solicit backing for simulation standards and testing activities. As standards and testing capabilities are
established, the Program
Chuck McLean
1030-1200
129
SPECIAL SESSION
WEDNESDAY EVENING
JOINT SERVICES NIGHT
SANIBEL ROOM
Theme: “Modeling and Simulation’s role in Training Transformation
The Joint Service Night session will provide the Services, Training Community of Interest (T-COI) and
JNTC an opportunity to share ideas and information with industry and academia. The new session will also
increase the opportunity to promote common interoperable standards among industry partners and expand
outreach and collaboration opportunities to identify and publicize M&S success stories, initiatives and good
ideas. The theme for this year's Joint Service Night will be; Joint Training Standards: The benefit to the
Warfighter, today and tomorrow. The agenda will include 15 minute service summary briefs on theme and
guest program presentations.
1900-2100
James Reed
130
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
CORE MANUFACTURING SIMULATION
DATA (CMSD) PDG
WEDNESDAY
EVENING
AMELIA ROOM
This product defines a data interface specification for efficient exchange of manufacturing life cycle data in a
simulation environment. The specification provides neutral data interfaces for integrating manufacturing
software applications with simulation systems. The initial effort is focusing on machine shop data definitions.
The plan is to extend the data specification to include supply chain, aerospace assembly operations,
automotive vehicle assembly operations, plant layout, and other relevant manufacturing and simulation
information.
This standard effort is to promote the increased, widespread, and pervasive use of advanced manufacturing
technologies, in particular, the simulation technology in the manufacturing industries. The effort will benefit
not only the manufacturing industry worldwide, but more specifically it will benefit the Modeling and
Simulation community in the near term.
1900-2100
Swee Leong
DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION
(DIS) PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
GROUP (PDG)
BISCAYNE ROOM
The DIS PDG is updating the IEEE 1278 standards for Distributed Interactive Simulation. A very active
group is now finalizing the IEEE 1278.1 DIS Application Protocols standard. Three sessions have been
scheduled at the 2007 Fall SIW. All three are dedicated to resolving comments on the draft standard to
ready it for the IEEE balloting process. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in review of the draft
DIS standard. DIS PDG members may participate in working group telecoms and have access to the
Discussion Group reflector. To become a member, simply send a request to bob.murray@boeing.com.
1900-2100
Bob Murray
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THURSDAY
SPECIAL SESSION
THURSDAY
VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, &
ACCREDITATION (VV&A) SUMMIT –
PART I
CITRUS A & B ROOM
This summit will focus on articulating where the M&S Community stands relative to VV&A. This
summit will build upon the foundation established by earlier VV&A forums such as 2002
Foundations of VV&A, CCCon and 2004 Foundations of VV&A. It will explore such issues as
establishing a viable position for VV&A technology and charting the future of VV&A technology
advances. It will also provide a forum to review the progress being made and the directions of
major VV&A efforts.
This part of the summit will provide the opportunity for major VV&A programs to brief the
problems that they are addressing and the progress that they have made. Together, these briefings
will compose a picture of the state of the art of VV&A technology.
0800-1700
Simone Youngblood
135
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
DISTRIBUTED INTEROPERABILITY
SIMULATION (DIS) PDG
THURSDAY
BISCAYNE ROOM
The DIS PDG is updating the IEEE 1278 standards for Distributed Interactive Simulation. A very
active group is now finalizing the IEEE 1278.1 DIS Application Protocols standard. Three sessions
have been scheduled at the 2007 Fall SIW. All three are dedicated to resolving comments on the
draft standard to ready it for the IEEE balloting process. Everyone is welcome to attend and
participate in review of the draft DIS standard. DIS PDG members may participate in working
group telecons and have access to the Discussion Group reflector. To become a member, simply
send a request to bob.murray@boeing.com.
0800-1700
Bob Murray
FEDERATION DEVELOPMENT &
EXECUTION PROCESS (FEDEP) PDG
AMELIA ROOM
The FEDEP is a generalized systems engineering process for building and executing HLA
federations and other distributed simulation applications. It is intended as a high-level process
framework into which lower-level systems engineering practices native to each individual
application area can be easily integrated. The FEDEP is not intended to be prescriptive, but rather
defines a generic, common sense development methodology that can and should be tailored to meet
the needs of individual user applications.
The FEDEP was approved as an IEEE Recommended Practice (IEEE 1516.3) in April 2003. The
IEEE will soon require that the FEDEP be revised, reaffirmed, or withdrawn. In response to this
requirement, the FEDEP PDG was reestablished and a Kickoff Meeting held at both the Spring
2007 and Euro 2007 workshops. One of the main outcomes of these meetings was to increase the
scope of the document to provide support for all communities of distributed simulation users.
The purpose of this meeting will be to review the results of the first open comment round under this
broader scope, and vote on proposed changes.
1030-1700
Bob Lutz
136
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
GROUPS (CONT’D)
COALITION-BATTLE MANAGEMENT
LANGUAGE (C-BML) PDG
THURSDAY
SANIBEL ROOM
Generally, Battle Management Language (BML) is the unambiguous language used to:
● Command and control forces and equipment conducting military operations
● Provide for situational awareness and a shared, common operational picture.
It can be seen as a standard representation of a digitized commander's intent to be used for real troops,
for simulated troops, and for future robotic forces. BML is particularly relevant in a network centric
environment for enabling mutual understanding.
A Coalition BML, as envisioned by this study group in this proposal, developed and applied by the all
Services and by coalition members would not only allow interoperability among their C4ISR systems
and simulations, but also among themselves.
0800-0830
Welcome & Introduction
0830-1000
Presentation of the Face-3-Face Meeting
Results
BREAK
Election of Officers (vacant positions)
PDG Business: The Way Forward
Adjourn
1000-1030
1030-1045
1045-1200
1200-
137
Kevin Galvin/Andreas Tolk/
Per Gustavson
Andreas Tolk/Participants
Kevin Galvin
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
GROUPS (CONT’D)
THURSDAY
MILITARY SCENARIO DEFINITION
LANGUAGE (MSDL) PDG
SANIBEL ROOM
The Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) is intended to provide a standard mechanism
for loading Military Scenarios independent of the application generating or using the scenario.
Standard MSDL is defined utilizing an XML schema thus enabling exchange of all or part of
scenarios between (e.g.) Command and Control (C2) planning applications, simulations, and
scenario development applications.
1330-1335
1335-1337
1337-1437
1437-1500
1500-1530
1530-1531
1531-1533
1533-1543
1543-1544
1544-1545
1545-1555
1555-1605
1605-1615
1615-1620
1620-1622
1622-
PDG Welcome & Introductions
COL John Surdu
Announcements
COL John Surdu
♦ Business Meeting to follow break
♦ IITSEC’07
♦ Next Regular PDG
Presentations:
COL John Surdu
Curtis Blais
07F-SIW-090 – The Military Scenario Definition
Language (MSDL): How Broadly Can it be Applied?
Jeff Abbott
07F-SIW-017 – The Road to Balloting
Informal Discussion
Wittman
BREAK
Call to Order
COL John Surdu
♦ Business Meeting
Roll Call
Ken Peplow
Chair Opening Remarks
COL John Surdu
Approval of Minutes as Distributed
COL John Surdu
Adoption of Agenda
COL John Surdu
Drafting Group Report
COL John Surdu
Unfinished Business
COL John Surdu
New Business
COL John Surdu
MSDL Promotion Opportunities
Ken Peplow
♦ 26-29 Nov 2007 I/ITEC 07
♦ 13-18 Apr 2008 Spring SIW/BRIMS Providence, RI
♦ 16-19 June 2008 – 2208 EURO SIW, Edinburgh, Scotland
Announcements
COL John Surdu
♦ Drafting Group will meet in evening session *
♦ IITSEC'07 *
♦ Next Regular PDG *
Adjourn
COL John Surdu
138
PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUPS
THURSDAY
BASE OBJECT MODEL (BOM) PSG
AMELIA ROOM
The BOM Product Support Group (PSG) supports the approved SISO-STD-003-2006 BOM
Template Specification standard and the SISO-STD-003.1-2006 Guide for BOM Use and
Implementation. The BOM PSG will serve as a central point for interpretations of product
language, providing help desk support to the SISO community, and accepting, developing, and
maintaining problem/change reports to support future product revisions.
The BOM PSG TOR was approved by the EXCOM on 13 Sep 06. The PSG supersedes the BOM
PDG and will transition that group’s discussion board and document library.
0800-0805
0805-0830
0830-0900
0900-0950
0950-1000
1000-
Introduction & Welcome
Overview – “Everything You Wanted to Know About
BOM in 25 Minutes”
FAQ Walk Thru (Review & Feedback)
Community Share – “BOM Stories From the Field”
Review Action Items
Adjourn
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
REPRESENTATION STANDARDS
(EDRS) PSG
Paul Gustavson
Paul Gustavson
LARGO ROOM
The Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) PSG supersedes the EDCS PDG and
supports the Synthetic Environment Data Representation Interchange Specification (SEDRIS) family
of standards. Activities include maintaining liaison with the ISO/IEC SC24 organization, the SEDRIS
Organization and the environmental data representation community; providing post-standardization
SISO support and maintenance for the SEDRIS family of ISO standards; the development and
implementation of tools; and the creation of a forum for community education on application and use
of the standards.
The EDCS PDG is a component of SEDRIS that provides a data dictionary and coding standard for
environmental data used in simulations of terrain, atmosphere, ocean, and space.
1300-1700
Louis Hembree
139
STUDY GROUPS
THURSDAY
SCORM – SIMULATION INTERFACE
STANDARDS (SIM) SG
CAPTIVA ROOM
One of the important challenges faced by designers and developers of learning, education and
training technology is how to integrate simulation-based learning experiences with SCORM
environments. This problem has many aspects, both pedagogical and technical. A clear first step is
to enable SCORM content or Runtime Environments to invoke and communicate with simulations
in a standardized and interoperable fashion. Such "SCORM-Simulation Interface Standards" will
lower the cost of integration, lead to tools that save designers and developers time and money and
help simulation vendors develop reusable simulations and components. This Study Group will be
joint between SISO and the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC).
0850-0900
0900-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1300-1400
1400-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-
NOTE: Session does not start until 0850
Introduction & Welcome
Overview and Current Status
BREAK
Tiger Team Report: Taxonomy
Tiger Team Report: Use Cases
Tiger Team Report: Architecture
LUNCH
Plan Forward Overview
Nominations/Elections
BREAK
Plan Forward Details
Tiger Team Volunteers
Tiger Team Assignments
Wrap-Up and Adjourn
140
Brandt Dargue
STUDY GROUPS (CONT’D)
LIVE VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTIVE (LVC)
ARCHITECTURE INTEROPERABILITY SG
THURSDAY
CYPRESS ROOM
The purpose of the LVC Study Group is to explore and discuss issues related to interoperability among
Live, Virtual, and Constructive systems. This group operates in parallel with the US DoD's LVC
Architecture Roadmap Study; and one of the goals of the SISO SG is to provide feedback and input to
the DoD Study on behalf of the SISO community. Like the DoD Study, our SISO SG will be looking
that LVC Interoperability from three perspectives: Technical Issues, Business Model Issues, and
Standards Management Issues. Among our topics of discussion will be:
■ Pros and cons of current approaches to LVC interoperability (Gateways, Bridges, etc.)
■ Strengths and weaknesses of various current interoperability architectures, such as DIS,
HLA, and TENA, from the three perspectives described above
■ Ideas for how to best achieve LVC Interoperability going forward (Is it possible to choose
one of current architectures across domains? Does "architecture convergence" makes
sense? Etc.)
1330-1700
Len Granowetter
141
STANDING STUDY GROUP
THURSDAY
ECONOMICS OF M&S (ECON) SSG
LARGO ROOM
The group will be meeting to address progress made over the past year, review the Group’s annual
report, and to lay out activities for the next twelve months. In particular, discussion will focus on
Study Group (SG) outreach, and identification of outside agencies and organizations having ongoing
interest in this aspect of M&S, to serve as a basis for generating interactions with such organizations.
A project for representing SSG activities and interests to government agencies will also be explored.
The original Economics of Simulation Study Group members continue to receive requests for data
and analysis results, and decision makers continue to ask for Economics of M&S information. This
Study Group’s activity includes updating the data call, establishing terminology and standards,
advertising the need for new data, and posting findings on a “permanent”, with the objective to make
all output accessible via website.
The previous Economics of Simulation Study Group (2000 – 2003) generated a data call, collected
data, and performed an analysis of the data. That output has been used to success by SISO members
throughout government, industry, and academia. Within government, studies in both Sweden and
Australia used data provided by the Economics of Simulation SG. Within academia, the University
of Central Florida (UCF) used the data to garner support of its graduate degrees in M&S, and UCF
graduate students developed an annotated bibliography Study Group data as part of required course
projects. Within NATO, a NATO M&S Group Task Group (NMSG-031) used the SG output; in
one effort, a 2005 paper and presentation to NMSG-031 were based on an updated analysis of the
previous Study Group output.
During February 2006, and again in February 2007, at the M&S Leadership Summit for the U.S.
Congressional M&S Caucus, the need for definitive data on M&S cost/benefits metrics and ROI was
identified. Updated, definitive data and analyses are needed now to advance understanding of the
topic and preserve perishable data.
1030-1200
Dr. Tim Cooley
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FRIDAY
SPECIAL SESSION
FRIDAY
VERIFICATION, VALIDATION &
ACCREDITATION (VV&A) SUMMIT PART II
CITRUS A&B ROOM
This summit will focus on articulating where the M&S Community stands relative to VV&A. This summit
will build upon the foundation established by earlier VV&A forums such as 2002 Foundations of VV&A,
CCCon and 2004 Foundations of VV&A. It will explore such issues as establishing a viable position for
VV&A technology and charting the future of VV&A technology advances. It will also provide a forum to
review the progress being made and the directions of major VV&A efforts.
This is Part II of the summit and will begin to chart a coherent path to advance VV&A technology. This
part will consist of two roundtable discussions, one to discuss a roadmap for the future of VV&A
technology and one to discuss organizing a persistent conference addressing VV&A technology.
0830-1200
Simone Youngblood
145
STANDING STUDY GROUP
FRIDAY
SIMULATION CONCEPTUAL
MODELING (SCM) SSG
BISCAYNE ROOM
The SCM SSG is conducting a preliminary investigation on the use of conceptual modeling in
M&S and related information technology domains. The SSG will perform exploratory work into the
establishment of best practices for simulation conceptual modeling, and establish recommendations for
persistent management of the topic within SISO. This is the SCM SSG Kick-off Meeting!
0830-0845
0845-0915
0915-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
Welcome & Introduction
SCM SSG Terms of Reference
SCM SSG Officer Elections
SMC SSG Business
BREAK
SCM SSG Business/Invited Presentations
SCM SSG Business/Invited Presentations
SCM SSG Business/Invited Presentations
146
Jake Borah
Jake Borah
Jake Borah
SCM SSG Chair
SCM SSG Chair
SCM SSG Chair
SCM SSG Chair
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUP/
PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUP
TACTICAL DATA INFORMATION
LINK-TECHNICAL ADVICE AND
LEXICON FOR ENABLING
SIMULATION PSG (TADIL TALES)/
LINK 11 A/B SIMULATION STANDARD
NETWORK (LINK 11 A/B) PDG
FRIDAY
AMELIA ROOM
The Tactical Data Information Link–Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
Product Support Group (TADIL TALES PSG) - This PSG has been approved by the SISO
Standards Activity Committee (SAC) and Executive Committee (EXCOM). This group supersedes
the Link 16 Product Development Group and will transition that group’s discussion board and
document library.
Link 11 A/B Simulation Standard Network (LINK 11 A/B) PDG - This product will be a SISO
standard to define the methods to simulate a Link-11 A/B Network within a Distributed Interactive
Simulation (DIS) or High Level Architecture (HLA) framework.
0800-0830
0830-0900
0900-0930
0930-1000
1000-1030
1030-1130
1130-1200
1200-
TADIL TALES PSG – Introduction & Welcome
Errata Review, Review Comments from Users
Link 11/11B PDG
TADIL TALES Templates Review
BREAK
TADIL TALES 11/11B Review
Review Action Items
Adjourn
147
Joe Sorroche
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PAPERS PUBLISHED – BUT NOT PRESENTED
Papers Published but not Presented
Due to time constraints in several forums, the below listed papers are not being presented but will be
included on the Final CDROM and be published in the 2007 Fall SIW Proceedings.
This paper was accepted for publication by the CFI forum
07F-SIW-002
Application of Autonomic Agents for Global Information Grid
Donald Cox
Youssif Al-Nashif
Dr. Salim Hariri
07F-SIW-095
Interactive Meets Real-time: Leveraging Web 2.0 Technologies in Simulator
System Design
Arvind Sekar
Brent Robinett
This paper was accepted for publication by the DSPT forum
This paper was accepted for publication by the T&E forum
07F-SIW-112
Improving Constructive Simulation Interfaces
Steve Rowe
Joshua Band
Dr. Michael Haas
Erik Hofer
The following papers were accepted for publication by the VV&A forum
07F-SIW-015
A Method for VV&A Tailoring: The REVVA Generic Process Tailoring
Case Study
Constantinos Giannoulis
Vandana Kabilan
Pernilla Svan
Sten-Åke Nilsson
07F-SIW-050
AMVS: Automated Model Verification and Validation System
Dr. Chun Wei Yap
Wee Sze Ong
Su-Han Victor Tay
Dr Gee Wah Ng
Prof Yu Zong Chen
07F-SIW-109
The Use of MOD Architectural Framework Views in Support of Validation
and Verification of Synthetic Environments
Jonathan Read
John Kent
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ABSTRACTS
SPECIAL SESSION
THURSDAY
VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, &
ACCREDITATION (VV&A) SUMMIT –
PART I
CITRUS A & B ROOM
This summit will focus on articulating where the M&S Community stands relative to VV&A. This
summit will build upon the foundation established by earlier VV&A forums such as 2002
Foundations of VV&A, CCCon and 2004 Foundations of VV&A. It will explore such issues as
establishing a viable position for VV&A technology and charting the future of VV&A technology
advances. It will also provide a forum to review the progress being made and the directions of
major VV&A efforts.
This part of the summit will provide the opportunity for major VV&A programs to brief the
problems that they are addressing and the progress that they have made. Together, these briefings
will compose a picture of the state of the art of VV&A technology.
0800-1700
Simone Youngblood
135
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
DISTRIBUTED INTEROPERABILITY
SIMULATION (DIS) PDG
THURSDAY
BISCAYNE ROOM
The DIS PDG is updating the IEEE 1278 standards for Distributed Interactive Simulation. A very
active group is now finalizing the IEEE 1278.1 DIS Application Protocols standard. Three sessions
have been scheduled at the 2007 Fall SIW. All three are dedicated to resolving comments on the
draft standard to ready it for the IEEE balloting process. Everyone is welcome to attend and
participate in review of the draft DIS standard. DIS PDG members may participate in working
group telecons and have access to the Discussion Group reflector. To become a member, simply
send a request to bob.murray@boeing.com.
0800-1700
Bob Murray
FEDERATION DEVELOPMENT &
EXECUTION PROCESS (FEDEP) PDG
AMELIA ROOM
The FEDEP is a generalized systems engineering process for building and executing HLA
federations and other distributed simulation applications. It is intended as a high-level process
framework into which lower-level systems engineering practices native to each individual
application area can be easily integrated. The FEDEP is not intended to be prescriptive, but rather
defines a generic, common sense development methodology that can and should be tailored to meet
the needs of individual user applications.
The FEDEP was approved as an IEEE Recommended Practice (IEEE 1516.3) in April 2003. The
IEEE will soon require that the FEDEP be revised, reaffirmed, or withdrawn. In response to this
requirement, the FEDEP PDG was reestablished and a Kickoff Meeting held at both the Spring
2007 and Euro 2007 workshops. One of the main outcomes of these meetings was to increase the
scope of the document to provide support for all communities of distributed simulation users.
The purpose of this meeting will be to review the results of the first open comment round under this
broader scope, and vote on proposed changes.
1030-1700
Bob Lutz
136
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
GROUPS (CONT’D)
COALITION-BATTLE MANAGEMENT
LANGUAGE (C-BML) PDG
THURSDAY
SANIBEL ROOM
Generally, Battle Management Language (BML) is the unambiguous language used to:
● Command and control forces and equipment conducting military operations
● Provide for situational awareness and a shared, common operational picture.
It can be seen as a standard representation of a digitized commander's intent to be used for real troops,
for simulated troops, and for future robotic forces. BML is particularly relevant in a network centric
environment for enabling mutual understanding.
A Coalition BML, as envisioned by this study group in this proposal, developed and applied by the all
Services and by coalition members would not only allow interoperability among their C4ISR systems
and simulations, but also among themselves.
0800-0830
Welcome & Introduction
0830-1000
Presentation of the Face-3-Face Meeting
Results
BREAK
Election of Officers (vacant positions)
PDG Business: The Way Forward
Adjourn
1000-1030
1030-1045
1045-1200
1200-
137
Kevin Galvin/Andreas Tolk/
Per Gustavson
Andreas Tolk/Participants
Kevin Galvin
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
GROUPS (CONT’D)
THURSDAY
MILITARY SCENARIO DEFINITION
LANGUAGE (MSDL) PDG
SANIBEL ROOM
The Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) is intended to provide a standard mechanism
for loading Military Scenarios independent of the application generating or using the scenario.
Standard MSDL is defined utilizing an XML schema thus enabling exchange of all or part of
scenarios between (e.g.) Command and Control (C2) planning applications, simulations, and
scenario development applications.
1330-1335
1335-1337
1337-1437
1437-1500
1500-1530
1530-1531
1531-1533
1533-1543
1543-1544
1544-1545
1545-1555
1555-1605
1605-1615
1615-1620
1620-1622
1622-
PDG Welcome & Introductions
COL John Surdu
Announcements
COL John Surdu
♦ Business Meeting to follow break
♦ IITSEC’07
♦ Next Regular PDG
Presentations:
COL John Surdu
Curtis Blais
07F-SIW-090 – The Military Scenario Definition
Language (MSDL): How Broadly Can it be Applied?
Jeff Abbott
07F-SIW-017 – The Road to Balloting
Informal Discussion
Wittman
BREAK
Call to Order
COL John Surdu
♦ Business Meeting
Roll Call
Ken Peplow
Chair Opening Remarks
COL John Surdu
Approval of Minutes as Distributed
COL John Surdu
Adoption of Agenda
COL John Surdu
Drafting Group Report
COL John Surdu
Unfinished Business
COL John Surdu
New Business
COL John Surdu
MSDL Promotion Opportunities
Ken Peplow
♦ 26-29 Nov 2007 I/ITEC 07
♦ 13-18 Apr 2008 Spring SIW/BRIMS Providence, RI
♦ 16-19 June 2008 – 2208 EURO SIW, Edinburgh, Scotland
Announcements
COL John Surdu
♦ Drafting Group will meet in evening session *
♦ IITSEC'07 *
♦ Next Regular PDG *
Adjourn
COL John Surdu
138
PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUPS
THURSDAY
BASE OBJECT MODEL (BOM) PSG
AMELIA ROOM
The BOM Product Support Group (PSG) supports the approved SISO-STD-003-2006 BOM
Template Specification standard and the SISO-STD-003.1-2006 Guide for BOM Use and
Implementation. The BOM PSG will serve as a central point for interpretations of product
language, providing help desk support to the SISO community, and accepting, developing, and
maintaining problem/change reports to support future product revisions.
The BOM PSG TOR was approved by the EXCOM on 13 Sep 06. The PSG supersedes the BOM
PDG and will transition that group’s discussion board and document library.
0800-0805
0805-0830
0830-0900
0900-0950
0950-1000
1000-
Introduction & Welcome
Overview – “Everything You Wanted to Know About
BOM in 25 Minutes”
FAQ Walk Thru (Review & Feedback)
Community Share – “BOM Stories From the Field”
Review Action Items
Adjourn
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
REPRESENTATION STANDARDS
(EDRS) PSG
Paul Gustavson
Paul Gustavson
LARGO ROOM
The Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) PSG supersedes the EDCS PDG and
supports the Synthetic Environment Data Representation Interchange Specification (SEDRIS) family
of standards. Activities include maintaining liaison with the ISO/IEC SC24 organization, the SEDRIS
Organization and the environmental data representation community; providing post-standardization
SISO support and maintenance for the SEDRIS family of ISO standards; the development and
implementation of tools; and the creation of a forum for community education on application and use
of the standards.
The EDCS PDG is a component of SEDRIS that provides a data dictionary and coding standard for
environmental data used in simulations of terrain, atmosphere, ocean, and space.
1300-1700
Louis Hembree
139
STUDY GROUPS
THURSDAY
SCORM – SIMULATION INTERFACE
STANDARDS (SIM) SG
CAPTIVA ROOM
One of the important challenges faced by designers and developers of learning, education and
training technology is how to integrate simulation-based learning experiences with SCORM
environments. This problem has many aspects, both pedagogical and technical. A clear first step is
to enable SCORM content or Runtime Environments to invoke and communicate with simulations
in a standardized and interoperable fashion. Such "SCORM-Simulation Interface Standards" will
lower the cost of integration, lead to tools that save designers and developers time and money and
help simulation vendors develop reusable simulations and components. This Study Group will be
joint between SISO and the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC).
0850-0900
0900-1000
1000-1030
1030-1100
1100-1130
1130-1200
1200-1330
1300-1400
1400-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-
NOTE: Session does not start until 0850
Introduction & Welcome
Overview and Current Status
BREAK
Tiger Team Report: Taxonomy
Tiger Team Report: Use Cases
Tiger Team Report: Architecture
LUNCH
Plan Forward Overview
Nominations/Elections
BREAK
Plan Forward Details
Tiger Team Volunteers
Tiger Team Assignments
Wrap-Up and Adjourn
140
Brandt Dargue
STUDY GROUPS (CONT’D)
LIVE VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTIVE (LVC)
ARCHITECTURE INTEROPERABILITY SG
THURSDAY
CYPRESS ROOM
The purpose of the LVC Study Group is to explore and discuss issues related to interoperability among
Live, Virtual, and Constructive systems. This group operates in parallel with the US DoD's LVC
Architecture Roadmap Study; and one of the goals of the SISO SG is to provide feedback and input to
the DoD Study on behalf of the SISO community. Like the DoD Study, our SISO SG will be looking
that LVC Interoperability from three perspectives: Technical Issues, Business Model Issues, and
Standards Management Issues. Among our topics of discussion will be:
■ Pros and cons of current approaches to LVC interoperability (Gateways, Bridges, etc.)
■ Strengths and weaknesses of various current interoperability architectures, such as DIS,
HLA, and TENA, from the three perspectives described above
■ Ideas for how to best achieve LVC Interoperability going forward (Is it possible to choose
one of current architectures across domains? Does "architecture convergence" makes
sense? Etc.)
1330-1700
Len Granowetter
141
STANDING STUDY GROUP
THURSDAY
ECONOMICS OF M&S (ECON) SSG
LARGO ROOM
The group will be meeting to address progress made over the past year, review the Group’s annual
report, and to lay out activities for the next twelve months. In particular, discussion will focus on
Study Group (SG) outreach, and identification of outside agencies and organizations having ongoing
interest in this aspect of M&S, to serve as a basis for generating interactions with such organizations.
A project for representing SSG activities and interests to government agencies will also be explored.
The original Economics of Simulation Study Group members continue to receive requests for data
and analysis results, and decision makers continue to ask for Economics of M&S information. This
Study Group’s activity includes updating the data call, establishing terminology and standards,
advertising the need for new data, and posting findings on a “permanent”, with the objective to make
all output accessible via website.
The previous Economics of Simulation Study Group (2000 – 2003) generated a data call, collected
data, and performed an analysis of the data. That output has been used to success by SISO members
throughout government, industry, and academia. Within government, studies in both Sweden and
Australia used data provided by the Economics of Simulation SG. Within academia, the University
of Central Florida (UCF) used the data to garner support of its graduate degrees in M&S, and UCF
graduate students developed an annotated bibliography Study Group data as part of required course
projects. Within NATO, a NATO M&S Group Task Group (NMSG-031) used the SG output; in
one effort, a 2005 paper and presentation to NMSG-031 were based on an updated analysis of the
previous Study Group output.
During February 2006, and again in February 2007, at the M&S Leadership Summit for the U.S.
Congressional M&S Caucus, the need for definitive data on M&S cost/benefits metrics and ROI was
identified. Updated, definitive data and analyses are needed now to advance understanding of the
topic and preserve perishable data.
1030-1200
Dr. Tim Cooley
142
07F-SIW-001
A BEHAVIORAL ENGINE AND A MOTIVATIONAL ENGINE: A JOINT OPERATION
AUTHOR(s): Christophe Meyer
EMAIL: christophe.meyer@thalesgroup.com
ABSTRACT: As military operations become increasingly urban and civilian oriented (Military Operation in
Urban Terrain; Military Operation Other Than War and Peacekeeping), Modeling and Simulation systems have to
embed new capabilities. These include simulation no longer limited to regular forces (exhibiting precise,
stereotypical or “doctrinal” behaviors) but also civilians and atypical fighters (showing chaotic, irrational and even
random behaviors). Regular forces simulation requires engine(s) which are able to define and reproduce a
perfectly described reaction, related to specific battlefield events (perform actions on contact, react to indirect
fire&). Civilians and atypical fighters simulation involves engine(s) able to deal with numerous possible reactions
from the same actor facing the same event, depending on several parameters (internal state, external stimuli&).
This paper discusses the opportunity to exploit such two engines in the same simulation, by providing the example
of a CGF already used in several international programs. This CGF implements both a behavioral engine (rule
based system) for doctrinal behaviors and a motivational engine (free flow based system) for civilian and atypical
fighters’ behaviors. This paper introduces these two engines, their interactions, the means to be parameterized and
their possible evolutions.
This paper is being presented: Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 0900-0930, TRAIN forum
07F-SIW-002
APPLICATION OF AUTONOMIC
MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY
AGENTS
FOR
GLOBAL
INFORMATION
GRID
AUTHOR(s): Don P. Cox, Youssif Al-Nashif, Dr. Salim Hariri
EMAIL: dpcox@email.arizona.edu
ABSTRACT: In the near future, the U.S. DoD will activate a newly created Global Information Grid (GIG)
providing an agile, robust, interoperable and collaborative communication network. This GIG is viewed as the
single most important contributor to combat power and protection [1]. The GIG can be characterized as a globally
interconnected, end-to-end set of disparate information and processing capabilities available on-demand to
warfighters, policymakers and support personnel. Management of the GIG resources and operation will be, of
necessity, intrinsic to the architecture and transparent to the user. The development an architecture that is secure
against malicious exploitation, data or service denial and data corruption is a principal focus. Introduction of
mobile, adhoc network elements having intermittent network connectivity and limited life exacerbates this
problem. In this paper we explore the GIG and present an innovative application of Autonomic Agent technology
currently in development that has the potential to automate many of the obligatory network management tasks.
Additionally, we introduce a GIG Simulation Testbed that, utilizing Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS),
is proving useful in simulating GIG operation at the node level for the analysis of agent-based detection and
neutralization of network cyber attacks by malicious parties and programs.
This paper is being presented: Due to time constraints, this paper is not being presented but is recommended for
publication in the 2007 Fall Proceedings by the CFI forum
155
07F-SIW-005
SIMULATING ADVANCED FEATURES IN LINK-16
AUTHOR(s): Anthony Devivi
EMAIL: anthony.devivi@ngc.com
ABSTRACT: Link-16 terminal emulation systems are becoming increasingly realistic. Most systems have used
open pipe communications, specified as Level 0/1 in SISO-STD-0002. This resolution of modeling does not
emulate the advanced features or capabilities of the RF terminal, rather it is used as a method of linking systems
together. Recent needs in the modeling and simulation community have driven attempts to model the advanced
features of the terminal. These endeavors have uncovered deficiencies in the current specifications, ambiguities,
interoperability problems, and many lessons learned. This paper presents an overview of advanced Link-16
features, problems arising when attempting to model these features with the current standards, and suggestions for
improvements.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 0930-1000, C2/MS forum
07F-SIW-007
AN ANALYSIS OF CONSTRAINTS ON REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Robert G. Phillips
EMAIL: robert.g.phillips@nasa.gov
ABSTRACT: We discuss a variety of techniques to enable distributed simulations to run in real-time, and give a
general methodology for analyzing a proposed distributed simulation to determine the feasibility of real-time
operations.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1530-1600, Space forum
156
07F-SIW-008
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT CONVOY BEHAVIOR
AUTHOR(s): Michael J.Longtin
EMAIL: michael.longtin@lmco.com
ABSTRACT: Vehicle movement has always posed an interesting challenge for CGF developers, particularly
within dense urban environments. The problem of moving across a rural countryside is vastly different from
negotiating crowded city streets. Each problem has a unique set of requirements, goals and criteria.
Cross-country movement is much more of a true path-planning problem that attempts to answer the question,
"How should I navigate around these obstacles and terrain features in order to achieve my goal?" Such a problem
is a good candidate for the ubiquitous A* algorithm, a brute-force "consider every possible path" approach that is
often made more efficient by employing various optimization techniques.
However, movement planning within dense urban environments is a much different problem. Each vehicle is
typically confined to a narrow path from which straying would have detrimental consequences such as collisions
with nearby buildings, pedestrians, or other vehicles. In addition, an understanding of other vehicles' movement
patterns is required in order to avoid deadlock situations. Movement in urban environments is much more than a
path planning problem.
Yet surprisingly, until recently, cross-country movement and urban movement in Export CGF were governed by a
common behavioral model. Because this model was originally designed to be a unit-level cross-country planner, it
did not perform particularly well in dense urban environments. Vehicles would sometimes stray from their
assigned routes in order to negotiate sharp turns without slowing down. If the convoy formation spacing was too
tight, vehicles would often get confused trying to avoid each other, as every vehicle is considered an obstacle so
that they don't collide with each other.
It was clear that solving the urban movement problem was going to require a fresh approach. Thus, a new urban
movement model was developed from the ground up. This paper walks through the development of this new urban
movement model from initial design considerations through implementation and results.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 0900-0930, ANL forum
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1430-1500, SMAS forum
157
07F-SIW-009
ACHIEVING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): J.J. Boomgaardt, K.J. de Kraker, R.M. Smelik
EMAIL: jan_jelle.boomgaardt@tno.nl
ABSTRACT: Remember those days of playing “Cowboys and Indians”? Then you probably also remember
having an argument over the outcome of a shooting incident. Some kid would shout: “You’re dead”, while the
assumed victim would firmly acclaim:, “No I’m not, you’ve missed me !”.
The same argument still happens today in distributed simulation, where individual federates draw conflicting
conclusions on the result of weapon engagements or the capabilities of sensors. While one federate assumes that
an entity has been killed, an other federate still has the same entity alive and kicking. This especially occurs with
legacy federates that do their kill assessment internally. To resolve this issue and to achieve a level playing field,
each federate should adhere to the agreed simulation agreements and should preferably use an identical
implementation. Although it is unlikely that all actual details of weapons, sensor systems etc will ever become
available for reasons of security, commercial or national interest, it is important that an improved and, as a
minimum, a consistent behavior of these systems is achieved in the virtual theater.
This paper introduces the concept of an independent interaction arbiter that enforces its conclusions upon the
interacting federates. This concept not only supports kill assessment, but also handles the behavior of weapon
systems and counter measure systems as well, and it provides a means to show how to manage security sensitive
agreements such as weapon-guidance and countermeasures. In this way it helps to achieve a level playing field for
all participants in one federation The paper presents the prototype implementation of an interaction arbiter and
discusses the “lessons learned” and way ahead.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Amelia Room, 0830-0900 DSPT forum
158
07F-SIW-010
MARINE ADVANCE UNIT, INFANTRY (MAUI) STUDY
AUTHOR(s): Jane T. Bachman, Lynda R. Hester, Kecia Wright, Capt. Earl O.Richardson
EMAIL: Jane.Bachman@navy.mil
ABSTRACT: The Testing, Experimentation, Assessment, Modeling and Simulation (TEAMS) facility at the
Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia is developing Modeling and Simulation (M&S) baseline
scenarios to analyze the capabilities of the Marine Corps Infantry Squad for the Marine Corps Combat
Development Command (MCCDC) Operations Analysis Division. The baseline scenarios consist of Marine
Infantry squads with squad billets and equipment as found in the FY2007 Table of Organization and Equipment
(TO&E). In addition, the squad simulations use current dismounted combat operations Tactics, Techniques and
Procedures (TTPs) while executing several different scenarios of likely squad missions. Three categories of our
baseline scenarios are evaluating the Counter Insurgency (COIN) Operations in an urban environment, Ambush
Operations in a mountainous environment, and a Night Raid in an urban environment using the Infantry Warrior
Simulation (IWARS), an agent-based combat simulation tool created by Anteon Corporation and co-developed by
the Natick Soldier Center. This paper examines the methodology, scenarios, analysis and lessons learned from the
infantry scenario development for the Marine Advance Unit.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 0830-0900, ANL forum
Wednesday; Amelia Room, 1030-1100, DSPT forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
07F-SIW-011
INTEGRATING HLA TO A REAL WORLD SYSTEM
AUTHOR(s): Victor Skowronski, Stelios Pispitsos, Scott Glennon
EMAIL: Victor_J_Skowronski@raytheon.com
ABSTRACT: The Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Anti-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) program uses
simulation to measure system effectiveness. Simulations of sensors, fire units, missiles, fire controllers, and their
communications are combined using HLA to model the entire integrated air defense system. The model is then run
in a Monte Carlo mode to provide a statistical measure of system effectiveness.
A second requirement for the simulation is to run with actual hardware. The SLAMRAAM test facility has a
limited number of hardware units but it must test the system as if a full complement of hardware (a battalion) was
installed. To do this, the simulation must perform the functions of the missing hardware. It must also perform these
functions using the SLAMRAAM communications software and radio network, not HLA.
This paper describes the two modes of operation required of the simulation and how it was implemented. It
discusses the problems involved in adapting a simulation designed to run in a batch, time constrained, time
regulated manner to run in real time with actual hardware. It also discusses how the HLA standard assisted and
hindered this adaptation and proposes possible extensions to the standard.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1100-1130, CFI forum
159
07F-SIW-012
THE INFORMAL SIMULATION CONCEPTUAL MODELING -- INSIGHTS FROM ONGOING
PROJECTS
AUTHOR(s): Jake Borah
EMAIL: jborah@aegistg.com
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to add to the body of knowledge on the “best practices” of Simulation
Conceptual Modeling by presenting useful insights gained from recent informal conceptual models work.
Conceptual Modeling is a crucial part of individual simulation and distributed simulation environments
development. The process of identifying and extracting the key features of the real world to stimulate and share
between simulations is a very important early step in the creation of simulations and distributed simulation
environments.
However, the “best practices” of conceptual modeling are not well established within the Modeling and Simulation
(M&S) community. Conceptual modeling is an art that is understood and appreciated by a small number of
practitioners within the M&S community. The need to collect, document, and disseminate the best practices of
conceptual modeling has been recognized within the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO).
The drive to assemble conceptual modeling ‘best practices’ is gaining momentum within other communities, i.e.,
NATO Modeling and Simulation Working Group, and SimSummit.
In earlier works the author stated that a conceptual model can be a ‘bridge’ between the sponsor/users of a
simulation and the simulation developers. Due to differing world views, working languages and few shared
experiences, common communication difficulties between these two groups can cause significant problems that
are hidden until much later in the simulation development and then discovered at great cost to the overall project.
Further, the author discussed two activities that occur during the development of a conceptual model: the creation
of an “informal” conceptual model; and the evolution of the informal model into a “formal” conceptual model.
The informal model has three primary characteristics: 1) written using natural language and containing
assumptions made during its construction, 2) plays a fundamental role during the period of simulation
development when the modeler conceives, programs, debugs, and tests models, and 3) helps users and other
colleagues comprehend the basic outline of the model from their perspective on how the real world operates.
This paper presents one technique for developing an informal conceptual model based upon the use of “mind
mapping” software. Often advertised as the “organizing tool for disorganized mind,” this strategy would seem to
be highly appropriate for this application as the early stages of simulation development are frequently very chaotic.
The author will demonstrate how natural language documents can easily be integrated through the use of the mind
mapping software to provide an informative basic outline of a conceptual model for enterprise use.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Amelia Room, 1100-1130, DSPT forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
160
07F-SIW-013
INTEGRATION OF INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SIMULATION-BASED TRAINING APPLICATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Charles R. McLean, Y. Tina Lee, Sanjay Jain
EMAIL: charles.mclean@nist.gov
ABSTRACT:
The nation's incident management personnel and emergency responders need to work in a
coordinated, well-planned manner to best mitigate the impact of natural and man-made disasters. They need to be
trained and be ready to act in view of increased security threats. Training has been traditionally provided using live
exercises at a great expense. Simulation and gaming systems could provide a wider range of training experiences
at a much lower expense. It would be even more advantageous from a cost and functionality perspective if training
simulators could be readily assembled from products created by different developers.
This paper presents a framework and architecture for integrating gaming and simulation systems for training based
on a standard architecture and interfaces. Major modules in the gaming and simulation systems architecture are
defined and interaction mechanisms established. The paper identifies categories of standards required, existing
standards, and gaps that need to be filled. Research and standards issues for implementation of the proposed
architecture are also discussed.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Largo Room, 0805-0830, CMSS forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1530-1600, IO-ISR forum
07F-SIW-014
GENERATING AN API TO SIMPLIFY INTEROPERABILITY WITH ROAD-BASED DEAD
RECKONING
AUTHOR(s): Dale Moyer
EMAIL: dale.moyer@lmco.com
ABSTRACT: Simulation of urban traffic at the entity level is a difficult task. The volume of entities in a city can
require significant resources to simulate. The density of these entities combined with modern, large-area sensors
such as satellites can foil many divide-and-conquer approaches. Furthermore, the frequent changes in velocity due
to frequent turns and stop-and-go traffic can make it very difficult to provide smooth movement for the simulated
entities.
In early 2005, Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training, and Support began development of a dead reckoning
algorithm that described movement in terms of roads, in order to improve the scalability and quality of movement
for civilian vehicles in a large-scale simulation environment. This effort was successful, but it posed
interoperability issues because other simulations were not equipped with the new algorithm and could not
determine the location and velocity of vehicles using it.
Several participants in joint simulations with our software asked about integrating the new algorithm, but the new
algorithm had many software dependencies. The amount of effort required to integrate it caused most of those who
inquired about using it to lose interest in doing so. In 2007, work began on the development of an API for the
road-based dead reckoning algorithm. The intention was to provide a path to interoperability with vehicles using
road-based dead reckoning that would require minimal development effort. This paper details the development of
the API including a brief history of the project and algorithm, the objective and requirements for the API, and
obstacles to interoperability overcome during development.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Largo Room, 0830-0900, SNE/SENS forum
161
07F-SIW-015
A METHOD FOR VV&A TAILORING: THE REVVA GENERIC PROCESS TAILORING CASE STUDY
AUTHOR(s): Constantinos Giannoulis, Vandana Kabilan, Pernilla Svan, Sten-Åke Nilsson
EMAIL: cgia@dsv.su.se
ABSTRACT: Simulations have experienced tremendous progress in the recent years and their usage spans from
the entertainment industry to medicine and the military. The quality of Modeling & Simulation (M&S) products
determines the overall effectiveness of the simulation for the intended purpose of use. In the military domain it is
critical to design and use M&S products as flawlessly as possible. Even a single mistake or inaccuracy can have
severe consequences, such as, affecting the lives of several people and costing money. Therefore, the need for
eliminating errors even before the actual simulation is done, assumes a key and vital importance.
Verification, Validation & Accreditation (VV&A) of M&S is a process that occurs before the actual simulation.
Hence, VV&A is the ideal process where the aforementioned errors can and should be limited. VV&A aims to
collect and evaluate information, based on the intended purpose, regarding the model s capabilities, limitations,
and performance indications. The VV&A process ascertains that the model to be simulated accurately represents
the system of interest (verification); the model itself is complete and valid (validation), recommends the assessed
simulation model with the impact and residual uncertainty that is related to its usage (accreditation).
Currently, there exists no coherent generic VV&A standardized process, but only a selection of different
approaches. Moreover, the VV&A process itself requires a lot of effort and cost. Therefore, a tailoring method to
adopt the VV&A process to every individual simulation case is required that shall assess, select and modify the
individual steps and phases of the VV&A depending upon the specific needs of the current simulation case
scenario. One of the many VV&A generic approaches is the REVVA generic process.
In this paper, we propose a tailoring methodology which will help solve the above mentioned issues: namely (i)
reducing efforts by selecting only the needful phases and processes. (ii) time saved is also cost saved. (iii) a tailor
made VV&A method reduces the risk and errors more accurately for the specific case concerned. The proposed
tailoring method is then applied to the REVVA generic method to demonstrate its applicability and utility. Finally,
we discuss issues around future work that could further affect and improve the proposed method.
This paper is being presented: Due to time constraints, this paper is not being presented but is recommended for
publication in the 2007 Fall Proceedings by the VV&A forum.
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07F-SIW-016
BML GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT BY A TASK ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
AUTHOR(s): Jeff Abbott, Dr. Michael R. Heib, Per M. Gustavsson
EMAIL: jabbott@acusoft.com
ABSTRACT: This paper presents “a-way” of developing grammar and vocabulary for battle management
language (BML) through a methodology of task analysis. Consider that collective task manuals, such as the US
Army s Mission Training Plans (MTPS) are based on a common set of measures. If these measures are common
across the tasks, the standardization of the measures may provide “a-way” to specify the vocabulary of BML.
These measures originate from task lists such as the Army’s Universal Task List (AUTL) and the Universal Joint
Task List (UJTL). The methodology presented in this paper demonstrates how these task lists can be used to
normalize MTP (collective) tasks down into a tasking language that fulfills many of the objectives of BML and
MSDL.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 1100-1130, C2/MS forum
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1530-1600, ANL forum
07F-SIW-017
MSDL THE ROAD TO BALLOTING
AUTHOR(s): Jeff Abbott, Curtis Blais, Tram Chase, Javier (Jeff) Covelli, Mike Fraka, Francois Gagnon, Kevin
Gupton, Per M. Gustavson, Kenneth peplow, Dave Prochnow, Dr. Robert Wittman
EMAIL: jabbott@acusoft.com
ABSTRACT: The MSDL study group completed their efforts in spring of 2006. Since then the drafting group
under the leadership of the MSDL PDG has worked to grow the results of the study group to become a solid
foundation for standardization for the specification of military scenarios. This work involved the construction of a
multinational team of drafting group members, the documentation, review and approval of the MSDL Product
Development Plan, development of common engineering processes for all DG members, numerous decision
analysis and resolution (DAR) studies, tiger team efforts, and peer reviews. This integration of a plan, engineering
processes, and community expertise provides a framework for monitoring and controlling the development of the
MSDL standard openly. The integrity and openness of the methods employed have done much to assure the
success of the MSDL drafting group’s efforts. This paper explores the value and lessons learned of the
development framework that may assist other product development and study groups in their efforts.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Sanibel Room, 1030-1100, C2/MS forum
Thursday; Sanibel Room, 1600-1630, MSDL PDG
163
07F-SIW-019
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT DECOMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS ENABLING CROSS
COMMAND TOOL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTEGRATION
AUTHOR(s): Eric M. Johnson, LTC (Ret.) Brian K. Hobson
EMAIL: eric.m.johnson@us.army.mil
ABSTRACT: In March 2003, the DUSA(OR) tasked the PM FCS M&S Management Office (MSMO) to ensure
compatibility among the respective M&S capabilities of TRADOC, RDECOM, ATEC, and the FCS Lead Systems
Integrator (LSI) to support development and acquisition of the FCS Brigade Combat Team (BCT) System-ofSystems (SoS). The engine for change is the Cross Command Collaboration Effort (3CE). The purpose of 3CE is
to develop a M&S and data collaboration environment for design, development, integration, and testing of
capabilities, systems, and prototypes. 3CE integrates and provides a common environment that is documented and
controlled in the 3CE Knowledge Repository (KR). The 3CE environment will eventually satisfy the common
requirements of all participants to conduct distributed DOTMLPF development. The 3CE process for capability
development is one that enables development and integration of technical solutions across commands to support a
program’s acquisition lifecycle. The foundation of the 3CE capability development process is the functional
decomposition process a process that is based on systems engineering principles, yet is founded in reality.
Underpinned with analytic requirements, the 3CE functional decomposition process drives cross command design
and development based on analyst and evaluator requirements. Utilizing DoDAF products and standard cross
command analytic requirement documents, the 3CE functional decomposition provides a relevant and credible
requirement set that is explicitly linked to operational use cases and is at a level of fidelity for efficiently
transitioning into the design phase. 3CE has executed its cross command functional decomposition process to
identify detailed analytic and operational requirements that will support Future Combat System (FCS) Spinout
events and activities. This paper focuses on the development and implementation of the 3CE functional
decomposition process, and also offers alternative uses for 3CE functional decomposition products to assist
command planning in support of training, testing, and experimentation activities across the FCS Program.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1100-1130, ANL forum
07F-SIW-020
PROVIDING DISTINCT DOMAINS FOR MULTIPLE JOINT PLAYERS IN A LARGE SCALE
BATTLESPACE EXERCISE USING DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (DIS)
FILTERING
AUTHOR(s): Steve Padilla, Craig Goodyear
EMAIL: steve.padilla.ctr@kirtland.af.mil
ABSTRACT: The USAF Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC) Virtual Flag 07-2 exercise consisted
of approximately thirty seven thousand constructive ground and fifteen hundred constructive air entities to support
35 virtual simulation systems. Virtual simulations were representative of the Army, Navy and Air Force, providing
training for a total of 645 participants. Typically a virtual simulator can support only a limited amount of entities
which is relevant to the requirements posed by their day to day training. On the other hand there are some virtual
simulators designed to operate in a high entity count environment which is imperative to their training. The Virtual
Flag environment is designed to provide adequate training for the multitude of participants and their various
requirements. The question becomes for the exercise planner, how do you tailor training around a specific virtual
simulator s technical limitations in a congested exercise while at the same time providing the highest fidelity
training? What about those simulations which can handle a large amount of DIS traffic, how does the exercise
planner provide that user with only the information necessary for their training needs so they are not overcome
with data extraneous to their already considerable burden? The DMOC DIS Filter has been used at the facility
since its creation there in 2001. The purpose of this paper is to overview the DMOC DIS Filter application and
detail how features have evolved in order to answer these questions.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1130-1200, ANL forum
164
07F-SIW-021
IMPLEMENTING THE FIVE CANONICAL OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS IN A CGF ENVIRONMENT
AUTHOR(s): David Ezra Sidran, Alberto Maria Segre
EMAIL: dsidran@cs.uiowa.edu
ABSTRACT: In this paper we describe the algorithms and underlying machinery necessary to implement the
five canonical offensive maneuvers described in U. S. Army Field Manual FM 3-21, Section II, Forms of
Maneuver (envelopment, turning movement, infiltration, penetration, and frontal attack) within a computer
generated forces environment. We also include descriptions of algorithms for calculating lines and frontages for
both friendly and opposing forces which are a necessary precursor to calculating the five offensive maneuvers.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1400-1430, ANL forum
07F-SIW-022
A STATE ESTIMATION APPROACH FOR LIVE AIRCRAFT ENGAGEMENT IN A C2
SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
AUTHOR(s): Arno Duvenhage, William H. le Roux
EMAIL: aduvenhage@csir.co.za
ABSTRACT: The increased use of simulation during live air defense exercises requires collaboration between
different Command and Control (C2) systems and simulators. By accepting air picture or sensor tracks from each
other, C2 systems and simulators can have access to a more comprehensive air picture.
State estimation of live aircraft may not be problematic when using dedicated aircraft transponders to feed state
data into the system or simulator. When transponder data is not available though, only data from real sensors or
sensor networks are available often through inappropriate (not necessarily aimed at supporting accurate state
estimation algorithms) C2-oriented communication protocols like Link16.
A local copy of the aircraft must be created within the simulation environment in order for the simulation to react
to an aircraft from another simulator or from a real system. This paper presents an algorithm for modeling such
aircraft within a real-time simulation environment using track data from external C2 systems and simulators.
The algorithm is based on a variable update rate alpha-beta predictor. Additional filtering and processing is done
to smooth out the flight path and recreate realistic aircraft behavior like banking in a turn. A tradeoff between
spatial and temporal accuracy also have to be considered to achieve a minimal amount of lag between the injected
aircraft position and its counterpart in the relevant external system or simulator.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 1630-1700, C2/MS forum
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1400-1430, SMAS forum
165
07F-SIW-023
EFFECTS OF LONG-HAUL NETWORK CONNECTIVITY ON THE VISUAL FIDELITY OF
REAL-TIME FLIGHT SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Michael Slater, Christine M. Covas
EMAIL: michael.slater@mesa.afmc.af.mil
ABSTRACT: This paper presents the results of several experiments designed to assess the perceptual effects
caused by network delay in a real-time simulation environment. The US Air Force is leading the way in an effort
to connect real-time flight simulators over communication networks to enable collaborative training for
geographically separated training facilities. Due to the imperfect nature of the networks over which these
simulations take place, visual anomalies occur at varying levels. We assessed the subjective visual fidelity of a fast
flying simulation over a long-haul network with varying data loads. Network load was manipulated across two
different flight paths as a pilot identified and rated the visual discrepancies. Results of these experiments show that
there is a direct relationship between the data load on a network and the visual discrepancy in the scene. We also
ran a set of experiments to determine the actual positional error of an aircraft model presented in a visual scene
based on differing levels of network delay and jitter and model smoothing and predict ahead techniques. Through
these experiments we have determined that a small amount of network delay can result in large positional
discrepancies and that although a visual model may be perceived to fly a smooth path its actual positional error
may be large. We also discuss the potential effects of these results on weapons and electronic warfare simulations.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1030-1100, RD&E forum
Wednesday; Amelia Room, 0900-0930, DSPT forum
166
07F-SIW-024
MSG-052 KNOWLEDGE NETWORK FOR FEDERATION ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
AUTHOR(s): Gunnar Öhlund, Björn Löfstrand, Fawzi Hassaine
EMAIL: gunnar.ohlund@fmv.se
ABSTRACT: Development of distributed simulations is a complex process requiring extensive experience, indepth knowledge and a certain skills set for the Architecture, Design, development and systems integration
required for a federation to meet its operational, functional and technical requirements. Federation architecture and
design is the blueprint that forms the basis for federation-wide agreements on how to conceive and build a
federation. Architecture and design issues are continuously being addressed during federation's development in
NATO/PfP nations. Knowledge of "good design" is gained through hands-on experience, trial-and-error and
experimentation's. This kind of knowledge is, however, seldom reused and rarely shared in an effective way. This
paper will describe an ongoing effort being performed by MSG-052 Knowledge Network for Federation
Architecture and Design within NATO Research and Technology Organization (NATO/RTO) Modeling and
Simulation group (NMSG).
MSG-052's objective is to initiate a "Knowledge Network" to promote the development and sharing of information
and knowledge about federation architecture and design issues among NATO/PfP countries. By Knowledge
Network we envision a combination of a community of practice (CoP), organisations and Knowledge Bases. A
community of practice, consisting of federation development experts from the NATO/PfP nations, will foster the
development of state-of-the-art federation architecture and design solutions, and provide a Knowledge Base for the
Modelling and Simulation (M&S) community as a whole. As part of the work, existing structures and tools for
knowledge capture and utilization will be explored, refined and used when appropriate; for instance the work
previous done under MSG-027 PATHFINDER Integration Environment provides a substantial amount of lessons
learned that could benefit this group.
The paper will explore the concept of a Community of Practice and reveal the ideas and findings within MSG-052
Management Group concerning ways of establishing and running a Federation Architecture and Design CoP. It
will also offer several views on the concept of operations for a collaborative effort, combining voluntary
contributions as well as assigned tasks. Amongst the preliminary findings was the notion of a Wiki-based
Collaborative Environment in which a large portion of our work is conducted and which also represents our
current knowledge base. Finally we explain our vision for future work and discuss potential ideas.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1030-1100, SMAS forum
167
07F-SIW-025
THE EMERGING DOD DISTRIBUTED M&S FISMA SECURITY WALL
AUTHOR(s): Scott Holben
EMAIL: n@gestalt-llc.com
ABSTRACT: Today’s dominant simulations standards such as DIS, HLA and TENA are NOT net-centric from
a DoD perspective. According to CJCSI 6212.01D, Information Technology (IT) and National Security Systems
(NSS) are not considered net-centric unless they satisfy the following Net-Ready Key Performance Parameters
(NR-KPP): 1) compliance with the Net-Centric Operations and Warfare (NCOW) Reference Model (RM), 2)
supporting integrated Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) products, 3) compliance with
Global Information Grid (GIG) Key Interface Profiles (KIPs) in the DoD Information Technology Standards
Registry (DISR), 4) verification of compliance with DoD 8500 series Information Assurance (IA) requirements.
This paper will prove DIS, HLA and TENA are not net-centric by highlighting non compliance with a few DODI
8500.2 IA controls. Whether unclassified or classified, all DoD simulation community computing efforts involving
DoD resources must comply with the DODI 8500.2 IA controls or risk noncompliance with the DoD Information
Assurance Certification Process (DIACAP).
United States federal agencies are bound by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) to
annually perform reviews and report the effectiveness of their information security programs. Agency FISMA
compliance is compulsory. Agency reports are sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that
integrates them to be forwarded to Congress. DoD uses the DIACAP to certify, accredit and authorize the
operation of DoD information systems consistent with the FISMA.
The Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) created the official CIO positions within agencies. (The Air Force CIO has a rank
of Lieutenant General, a three star general.) Additionally, CCA contains the public law defining IT and NSS.
DODD 4630.5 Interoperability and Supportability of Information Technology and National Security Systems
mandates the requirement for IT and NSS to comply with the NR-KPPs. Either 1) DoD CIOs will have to write
some exceptional waivers involving distributed M&S resources that will be reported to Congress, 2) some
significant IA policy changes will have to flow down or 3) a new open standards-based architectural security
substrate must be developed for DIS, TENA and HLA. Such a standard must achieve the following: 1) satisfy the
four NR-KPPs, 2) use the Information Systems Security Engineering (ISSE) Process defined by the Information
Assurance Technical Framework (IATF) and 3) have at least one physical implementation that is ultimately
DIACAP certified. Ideally, there should be two or more genetically independent implementations that are
interoperable at the wire level.
If the later approach is taken, a Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (JCIDS) effort is likely
commence very soon to support the Evolutionary Acquisition (EA) spiral development of such a standard. The
question is will such a program be managed at the Joint level or will the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office
(DMSO) be reborn again?
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 0930-1000, CFI forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1130-1200, IO-ISR forum
168
07F-SIW-026
CONCEPTS AND EVALUATION OF SIMULATION MODEL REUSABILITY
AUTHOR(s): Yonglin Lei, Wen-guang Wang, Qun Li, Wei-ping Wang
EMAIL: samuelyonglin@yahoo.com.cn
ABSTRACT: Simulation model reuse is a hot research issue in modeling and simulation (M&S) domain. The
main difficulty of model reuse lies in evaluating the reusability of a certain simulation model in a new application.
The relevant concepts of simulation model reuse, such as reusability, context, model assumptions, model
constraints, experimental frame, scope frame and reusable simulation model, are formally and consistently given
first. Then the evaluation theory and algorithms of reusability are present. Two parts of the algorithms, context
interfaces compatibility evaluation and behavior logics equivalence evaluation, are detailed respectively. The
approaches to enhance simulation model reusability are discussed. The relations and differences of reusability to
interoperability and composability are summarized in the final part.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1130-1200, SMS COMPOSE forum
- Nominated for 2007 “SIWzie “Awarded
07F-SIW-027
THE FIDELITY OF A REAL-TIME FOREST MACHINE SIMULATOR
AUTHOR(s): Björn Löfgren, Kjell Ohlsson, Jan Wikander
EMAIL: bjorn.lofgren@skogforsk.se
ABSTRACT: It is essential to reduce the mental and physical stress on forest machine operators. The operator in
a harvester cuts down one tree each 47 second, makes 12 decisions per tree and uses on average 24 functions per
tree. In Sweden, we are using the Cut To Length (CTL) method, which means that the tree is cut in pieces out in
the stand. This is done 1000 times a day. The solutions that come into our mind, to help the operators, are full or
semi automation and other ways to improve the Human Machine Interaction (HMI). It is not practical or cost
effective to initially develop automation or HMI ideas on real machines. Instead, a better solution is to use
simulators. Normally the existing forest machine simulators are used in teaching future forest machine operators.
In our case we use the simulator as a research tool. To rely on the result coming from tests with the simulator we
performed a fidelity test. We conducted a time study, where a harvester operator have cut down approximately 500
trees and we have also measured data from the stand such as tree diameter, height, position, height to first live
branch and tree type. We have also measured the terrain. The same stand and terrain data was implemented into
the simulator and the same operator performed the same work again. The results demonstrated that there is a good
fidelity between a real forest machine and the simulator. The time difference between the reality and the simulator
is just ± 5 % for different work operations. Qualitatively, the results were on par.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 1130-1200, VV&A forum
169
07F-SIW-029
RAPID MODELLING OF URBAN MISSION AREAS USING GROUND-BASED IMAGERY
AUTHOR(s): Rob van Son, Frido Kuijper, Frank van den Heuvel
EMAIL: rob.vanson@tno.nl
ABSTRACT: Modelling of the virtual environment for ground based military operations is a complex, costly
and time consuming process. The necessary realism and detail often requires significant manual effort. A
particular challenge is the preparation of virtual environments suitable for training and mission rehearsal in high
density urban areas.
Current modelling techniques for urban mission areas are mainly based on the use of data which is not specific or
detailed enough to accurately model an existing area. Consequently, additional (manual) effort and time are
required to perform data acquisition and to model the environment. The operational need for quick turn-around
time on environment modelling urges us to find new solutions to improve this process and seamlessly integrate it
into existing modelling work flows.
This paper reports on the potential use of ground-based 360° panoramic photographs for modelling of urban
mission areas. These photographs have been acquired with the use of a mobile platform. Each photograph has been
geographically registered. A number of experiments have been carried out to analyze and determine sensor data
quality. In addition, the integration of the method into the existing work flow has been examined. A demonstrator
database was built to assess the quality of the results and to determine its degree of applicability in multifunctional simulations, concerning both virtual simulations and the constructive simulations that are used in our
analysis tools.
The first results, presented in this paper, indicate that the use of ground-based imagery can provide benefits to
currently used modelling processes. Modelled areas contain additional detail, while the added effort is minimized
by fast large-area acquisition of sensor data. Further research and developments are required to improve the
automated extraction of correlated geometry and textures from the imagery.
The presented work has been carried out by TNO Defence, Security and Safety in co-operation with CycloMedia,
a Dutch company specialized in the production of large-scale ground-based imagery. The project is sponsored by
the Dutch Department of Defence as part of a research program on multi-functional simulation focusing on
methods that promote interoperability and standardization.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Largo Room, 0900-0930, SNE/SENS forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1600-1630, IO-ISR forum
170
07F-SIW-030
USING ADVANCED GAMING TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL
SIMULATIONS FOR CRITICAL THINKING TRAINING
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Anya A. Andrews
EMAIL: aandrews@novonics.com
ABSTRACT: The use of advanced gaming technology for soft skills acquisition has been the subject of a serious
debate over the last decade. The potential benefits of using game-based instruction for teaching soft skills have
been repeatedly highlighted in the literature based on the extensive track record of successfully implemented "soft
skills" simulations and games within the business education settings. Nevertheless, the research on the use of
gaming technology for instructional purposes does not offer universal laws that can be easily generalized across a
variety of professional domains. Thus, the movement towards game-based training of soft skills within the military
setting has been relatively cautious. At the same time, the need to provide modern military missions with the most
effective training opportunities continues to drive innovation within the simulation and training industry. Critical
thinking acquisition remains one of the most challenging areas of soft skills training. This paper discusses an
experimental approach to using advanced gaming technology to develop instructional simulations focused on
teaching critical thinking skills to the Navy leadership. Special attention is paid to the discussion of the design and
development issues as well as the challenges of ensuring the knowledge transfer. The project is conducted under
the strategic partnership between a number of government, academic, and training organizations.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1400-1430, TRAIN forum
07F-SIW-031
AN INSPECTION APPROACH FOR CONCEPTUAL MODELS IN DOMAIN SPECIFIC
NOTATIONS OF UML: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
AUTHOR(s): Ozgur Tanriover, Semih Bilgen
EMAIL: otanriover@bddk.org.tr
ABSTRACT: In this paper, we present an experimental study conducted to propose verification framework for
improving the quality of CMMS (Conceptual Models for the Mission Space) developed in notations derived from
UML (Unified Modeling Language). To this aim, we describe the wellness properties of UML models considering
intra-view properties and inter-view relationships. By means of a case study, we show that a systematic inspection
process could be defined and conducted depending on the conceptual modeling notation and models at hand in
accordance with this framework. This study showed us that, instead of transformation of models to a rigorous
formal language and applying related formal methods, by adopting relevant concepts from formal methods, the
application of the proposed process to models of a typical mission scenario in fact revealed issues many of which
were non trivial in nature and could not be detected by many of the contemporary UML case tools.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 1430-1500, VV&A forum
171
07F-SIW-032
AUTOMATING FORECASTING AND EXPLORATION OF COMPLEX SIMULATION
EFFECTS (AFECSE)
AUTHOR(s): Janet Wedgewood, Zachary Horiatis, Thad, Konicki
EMAIL: jwedgewoo@atl.lmco.com
ABSTRACT: Support of military campaigns requires new approaches for effective generation of desired effects,
and continuous adjustment of the actions, for the entire life of the campaign. Military planners are moving to
Effects Based Operations (EBO) to achieve these desired effects for a combination of diplomatic, informational,
military, and economic actions. The AFECSE process developed by engineers at Lockheed Martin Advanced
Technology Laboratories will develop and analyze campaign-level effects-based operations. It uses innovative
multi-paradigm simulations of Diplomatic, Information, Military, Economic (DIME) actions on Political, Military,
Economic, Social, Infrastructure, Information (PMESII) models, to determine the probable desired effects, as well
as the undesirable effects, while developing a better understanding of second and third order effects. The process
begins with the Platform Independent semantic representation of the problem space that the analysts want to
explore, called a Semantic Conceptual Model (SCM). The virtual world includes important leaders, social group
and infrastructures, etc. Next, the nodes and relationships in the SCM are mapped to models and interaction
models. Next, the structural UML/SySML modeling, describing how the models are integrated, is added which is a
platform independent representation, but it includes the references of the actual models to be simulated. In the final
step, auto-coding and wizards enable the user to generate platform specific code that allows the models to run as
an integrated system in a specific integration framework. The challenge is how to effectively, accurately, and
semi-automatically perform complex system simulation model integration and model parameter adaptation, in
order to enable ‘what-if’ experimentation and analysis. We will define requirements, develop processes and
implement wizards to rapidly integrate and configure simulation models, enabling non computer scientists, to
assemble composite model simulations ready for execution to explore actions and effects in regions of interest.
Applications for this technology include real time plan / strategy analysis for Command & Control and experiment
support for Modeling & Simulation programs, offering substantial benefits to the various technology owners.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1430-1500, ANL forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1430-1500, IO-ISR forum
07F-SIW-033
EMPLOYING FUTURE PATH INFORMATION TO IMPROVE POSITION ACCURACY IN
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): David W. Mutschler
EMAIL: david.mutschler@navy.mil
ABSTRACT: Periodic output of entity position and orientation information can produce errors when data must
be extrapolated for times other than the time of update. Dead reckoning algorithms can mitigate the problem but
may not be fully effective in all cases. If the algorithm for following a waypoint path is well known, then
providing the path to interested parties would significantly reduce this type of error. This paper will discuss an
approach used within the Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR) Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation
Facility (ACETEF).
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Captiva Room, 0900-0930, T&E forum
172
07F-SIW-034
A PILOT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORE MANUFACTURING SIMULATION DATA
(CMSD) INFORMATION MODEL
AUTHOR(s): Swee Leong, Frank Riddick, Y. Tina Lee, Marcus Johansson, Bjorn Johansson
EMAIL: leong@cme.nist.gov
ABSTRACT:
Interoperability between manufacturing software applications and simulation is currently
extremely limited. The need for interoperability between manufacturing software applications and simulation has
been recognized. CMSD is developed to provide standard interfaces for efficient exchange of manufacturing life
cycle data in a simulation environment. The standard interfaces will be used to support the integration between
simulation software and other manufacturing applications such as supply chain applications, Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP), manufacturing execution systems, production scheduling systems, and shop floor control
management systems. This paper presents the concepts of the CMSD information model and a real world pilot
implementation of the CMSD information model in a simulated automotive production environment. To facilitate
the implementation, a simulation of an automotive production facility was developed and executed based on the
input data structured according to the CMSD specification. Additional extensions to the CMSD specification were
created to represent the performance characteristics of station and machine resources in the production facility.
Import, export, and translation routines were developed to convert the data stored in Microsoft Excel into the XML
instance documents that adhered to the CMSD specification.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1530-1600, SMAS forum
07F-SIW-036
CROSS COMMAND COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT (3CE): MULTIPURPOSE
PLATFORM FOR SIMULATION C2
AUTHOR(s): Arthur B. Sheppard
EMAIL: arthur.sheppard@us.army.mil
ABSTRACT: Cross Command Collaboration Environment (3CE) is a U.S. Army and Boeing’s Lead System
Integrator (LSI) initiative that was developed to support concept development and experimentation of Future
Combat Systems (FCS) in a closed, distributed, persistent, simulation-rich environment. The configuration,
maintenance, administrative and security responsibilities have been assigned to three individual U.S. Army
Commands and one LSI peering-point to function as a virtual network operations center (NOC). This paper will
specifically address the network services that are provided to facilitate the Command and Control (C2) aspect of
every future force experiment. It will describe the virtual NOC’s primary function of providing a secure wide area
network that supports a distributed, persistent, simulation-rich environment. Additionally, this paper will describe
the administrative services provided over the 3CE to include: voice over IP, video teleconferencing, network
monitoring, web portals and data repository. Furthermore, a brief description of the virtual NOC’s responsibilities
will be provided to include antivirus protection, intrusion detection, authentication, and accreditation, surrounding
an enterprise-sized WAN. In conclusion, the paper will preview future evolutionary refinements anticipated for the
3CE and its continued role as the environment for evaluating the Army future force development
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 1600-1630, C2/MS forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
173
07F-SIW-037
THE HISTORY OF THE ARMY’S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR MEDICAL
SIMULATION TRAINING
AUTHOR(s): Michelle Mayo
EMAIL: Michelle.L.Mayo@us.army.mil
ABSTRACT: Over the past ten years, the Army’s research and development community has changed the way
the Army trains Combat Medics and Combat Lifesavers. In 1997, the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation
Command s (STRICOM s) technology base, now part of the Research, Development and Engineering
Command (RDECOM) Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC), developed the first distributed
medical simulation training system called Combat Trauma Patient Simulation (CTPS). The CTPS system was the
first attempt by the Army to introduce simulation products into the military medical training community that up to
that time had relied heavily on didactic and live tissue training. The first year of the CTPS system was successful
and continued for nine consecutive years, fielding a total of four systems to: Ft. Gordon, GA, Ft. Polk, LA, Camp
Pendleton, CA, and the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute, TX.
After several successful installations and user evaluations, the CTPS system became a highly visible
Congressional program and started receiving more momentum from the Army. The Army funded two Science and
Technology Objectives (STO) to build upon the CTPS architecture and developed medical training technologies
for Combat Medics and Combat Lifesavers. The most recent technological development and future of medical
simulation lies in the prototype wireless patient simulator from the last STO: the Stand Alone Patient Simulator
(SAPS). The SAPS is changing the way the medical simulation community conducts training and finally gaining
appropriate support from the Army that CTPS started ten years ago.
This paper describes the technological advances over the past 10 years of medical simulation training devices. It
will describe the changes from a full integrated system like CTPS to smaller trainers such as the SAPS and the
reasoning behind the need for such changes.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 0830-0900, TRAIN forum
174
07F-SIW-038
TEMPLATE DRIVEN CODE GENERATOR FOR HLA MIDDLEWARE
AUTHOR(s): Roger Jansen, Louwrens Prins, Wim Huiskamp
EMAIL: roger.jansen@tno.nl
ABSTRACT: HLA is the accepted standard for simulation interoperability. However, the HLA services and the
API that is provided for these services are relatively complex from the user point of view. Since the early days of
HLA, federate developers have attempted to simplify their task by using middleware that shields of the intricate
details of HLA from the simulation application code. TNO Defence, Security and Safety is convinced of the
advantages of HLA middleware and supporting code generation tools. The middleware layer that we use to
develop federates is called the TNO Run-time Communication Infrastructure (RCI). The RCI provides the federate
developer with an abstraction layer to shield of the underlying interoperability standards, such as HLA 1.3 and
IEEE 1516. The RCI middleware and code generation support reuse of federate components and allow a federate
developer to focus on the actual functionality of the federate, because the federate’s interface code is (re)generated
very easily.
The RCI library provides all kind of services that are independent from the Federation Object Model (FOM), while
the RCI code generator takes care of all the federate’s FOM dependent interface functionality. The code generator
provides the federate developer with object classes for all Object Model Template (OMT) object and interaction
classes and OMT datatypes in the FOM. The generated object classes have methods that correspond with the HLA
object attributes, interaction parameters, and datatype fields. The code generator is able to generate source code in
the desired target programming language, e.g. C++ or Java, and for the desired HLA API, e.g. HLA 1.3 or IEEE
1516.
This paper discusses the results of our research into code generation based on the HLA OMT. The new generic
code generator that was recently developed by TNO is template driven and consists of a front-end and a back-end.
The front-end is the parser that reads the OMT file and converts it into an in-memory model. The back-end is the
template engine that uses template files to generate the code. The template engine replaces all generic instructions
in the template file with real data as defined by the actual FOM. By defining a template for each combination of
target programming language and target HLA API, the code generator is very well maintainable and very flexible.
Object model development and configuration management are difficult parts of the FEDEP. Incompatible FOMs
and also incompatible usage of the same FOM often prevent re-use of federates in other federations. We need a
better way to develop and maintain our FOMs, including their semantics and usage. The Base Object Model
(BOM) concept presents such a solution. The BOM describes the conceptual model of a component’s behaviour
and the mapping of this conceptual model to the FOM. This approach fits very well in TNO’s component
architecture. In our view, the BOM concept supports reuse of “models” rather than reuse of “code”. A model
driven federate development provides more flexibility and more opportunities for reuse. This paper presents how
TNO intends to incorporate the BOM concept in the code generator tool. In future, the input of the code generation
process should shift from the SOM or FOM to the BOM. This paper will also discuss some of our proposed BOM
extensions that could be useful in a code generation process, e.g. directives for secured attributes and for
bandwidth control.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1600-1630, RD&E forum
Wednesday; Manatee Room, 1400-1430, SMS COMPOSE forum
175
07F-SIW-039
WIRELESS NETWORK SIMULATION FOR ARMY UAVS
AUTHOR(s): John A. Hamilton Jr. MAJ Stephen S. Hamilton
EMAIL: hamilton@auburn.edu
ABSTRACT: Auburn University, through the Army’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and
Engineering Center (AMRDEC) has been supporting the Unmanned Systems Initiative program. The research
program at Auburn is focused on designing new wireless systems to support UAV air and ground communications.
Network simulation has been a key component of our research program. Specifically we have been working in
three areas:
" Use of commercial wireless technologies to provide secure, realtime video communication between UAV ground
elements.
" Assessment and evaluation of appropriate wireless security measures.
“Development of a high fidelity modeling and simulation testbed to support the USI program.
This paper will address the verification and validation of the simulation test bed. Comparisons of predicted
simulation results against actual field testing will be discussed. Most importantly, we will address the challenges
associated with high fidelity network simulation of NSA Type 1 crypto, video traffic and emerging COTS wireless
protocols.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Captiva Room, 0830-0900, T&E forum
Wednesday; Sanibel Room, 0900-0930, C2/MS forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1100-1130, IO-ISR forum
176
07F-SIW-040
A MIXED RESOLUTION SIMULATION FOR HIGHLY SCALABLE URBAN AND REGIONAL
POPULACE MODELING
AUTHOR(s): Dale Moyer, David Macannuco
EMAIL: dale.moyer@lmco.com
ABSTRACT: Scalability is a key issue when attempting to simulate regional populace over a large area,
especially when simulating urban areas featuring a high population density. Aggregation is a common solution to
scalability issues and works well for domains such as military simulation, where the hierarchical organization of
military units provides an inherent basis of aggregation. We had the need for a model that could simulate a large,
dynamic civilian populace that responded to changes in the simulated environment in real time while providing
information such as the location and state of the populace and the loading of a detailed road network within the
simulation world. The desired number of entities was an order of magnitude above what our existing entity-level
population model, CultureSim, could provide without access to a large supercomputer. In order to achieve this
goal, we were willing to sacrifice model resolution to achieve the desired scalability. Unable to find a reasonable
aggregate model for the populace that would meet our requirements and understanding the scalability implications
of an entity level model, we began to look for a middle ground. The middle ground at which we arrived is a mixed
resolution simulation. In our model, each member of the population is represented at the entity level. Each entity,
however, only interacts with aggregate data rather than interacting directly with other entities. This paper discusses
the implementation and presents results of a mixed resolution urban populace model.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 0930-1000, TRAIN forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1630-1700, IO-ISR forum
177
07F-SIW-041
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POTENTIAL OF MODELING AND SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY
WHEN APPLIED ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE OF LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS (SOS)
ENTERPRISES
AUTHOR(s): Paul N. Watson, Mark E. Riecken, Paul Watson
EMAIL: paul.watson@us.army.mil
ABSTRACT:
What is the potential benefit achieved by using M&S throughout the entire lifecycle of a system
or System of Systems (SoS)? We consider the case of an ongoing simulation based acquisition (SBA) U.S. Army
program, Future Combat Systems (FCS) and how M&S has been used, and is planned to be used, throughout the
lifecycle of this system of systems. Specifically we focus on the early stages of the System Development and
Demonstration (SDD) phase, the software / system development lifecycle (SDLC) in use (Win-Win Spiral), with
M&S fine-tuning using the FEDEP process, and examine specific ‘probe’ points at which it is considered
beneficial to collect M&S insights. We examine the nature of this interaction during Requirements Development,
Design, and Integration and Test. We explore the difficulty of maintaining coordinated interfaces between M&S
and the transforming enterprise, and need to establish ‘probe’ points that foster the ability of M&S to Pace the
evolution of the enterprise. We learn from this examination the need for a higher degree of standards convergence
between M&S software and Operational software. We examine the relationship between enterprise
‘transformation’ and M&S and the potential for M&S technology to dramatically contribute to the
transformational benefits of the enterprise. Transformation and the usage of complex tools such as M&S may play
a unique role in asymmetrical warfare, or more generally, in asymmetrical cultural interactions. In the case of
homeland or societal security, for example, it is the status quo culture that must use its ‘advantage’ by
understanding and maintaining large and complex enterprises (e.g., an institutionalized military) and by
transforming these enterprises to meet emerging threats. In asymmetrical warfare (e.g., terrorism), the enemy need
not necessarily maintain such comprehensive control over any large-scale enterprise. The enemy’s advantage may
consist mainly in disruption of cultural processes. Therefore, we argue, maintaining insight (through tools such as
M&S) is an additional and essential cost to bear for a culture to maintain its advantage over such threats. We
further extrapolate from this particular case study and offer some generalizations about the promising trends for
application of M&S to other large scale enterprises ‘especially those with intangible or difficult to quantify
parameters, embedded among more easily quantifiable parameters, and those enterprises undergoing
‘transformation’. Finally, we propose to examine several additional ‘probe’ points of the lifecycle of the FCS
program in future papers using this same methodology.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 0900-0930, SMAS forum
178
07F-SIW-042
A COMMON M&S CREDIBILITY CRITERIA-SET SUPPORTS MULTIPLE
PROBLEM DOMAINS
AUTHOR(s): J.P.Hale, B.L. Hartway, D.A. Thomas
EMAIL: joe.hale@nasa.gov
ABSTRACT: Credibility management of M&S depends on two factors. They are how well the analysts know
the credibility of the M&S and how clearly that knowledge is presented to decision makers. An easily understood
measure of credibility is needed. Conversely, aerospace simulations are necessarily very complex and difficult to
characterize. We present a hierarchical system of credibility measurement that can suit the most straightforward
assessment requirements for top management while retaining the details to provide useful feedback to developers.
At the top level, the scale is a single number. This ‘one-dimensional’ scale is useful for top management. The
second level is defined using systems engineering, multi-dimensional view of the conceptual solution space whose
domains encompass the important attributes of the assessment. The solution space that results has three
orthogonal dimensions:
1) The Problem Domain, which addresses how well the M&S fit the intended use;
2) The M&S Development Domain, which addresses how well the M&S is built with respect to the intended use;
3) The User / Analyst Domain, which addresses how well the M&S used with respect to the intended use.
Subsequent indentures divide these domains into a few hundred generic criteria that are selectively applied by
subject matter experts (SMEs) to assess the credibility status of M&S. These criteria are tailored (mapped) one
time for applicability to each subject domain of interest, and to the domain agency’s standard(s) for quality (or
confidence or credibility, etc. as required). This tailored set is then further tailored for each M&S assessment in
that domain. Only criteria that apply to any given M&S application are used. This paper presensts applications of
this ‘common/tailored criteria concept’ to examples for NASA space exploration and MDA missile defense.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 1330-1400, VV&A forum
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1700-1730, Space forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
179
07F-SIW-044
A PROPOSED OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION
(OSAMS)
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Jeffrey S. Steinman, Jennifer Park, Bruce “Wally” Walter, Nathan Delane
EMAIL: steinman@warpiv.com
ABSTRACT:
This paper describes how modern component-based interoperability technologies can be
standardized to significantly lower the development, operational, and life-cycle maintenance costs of next
generation models for the Department of Defense (DoD) and industry. While current standards focus on
simulation-to-simulation interoperability in network environments, the Open System Architecture for Modeling
and Simulation (OSAMS) is primarily focused on standardizing the interfaces used by model developers to
promote robust model-level interoperability. OSAMS provides a Service Oriented Architecture for Modeling and
Simulation. As a proposed standard, OSAMS must be independent of simulation engine implementations and must
thereby promote the integration of simulation technologies from private industry, government laboratories,
mainstream defense programs, and academic institutions. OSAMS is designed to support integration with current
simulation-based interoperability standards such as the High Level Architecture (HLA), Distributed Interactive
Simulation, and the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA). OSAMS is also designed to support
emerging web-based standards such as the Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework (XMSF), Simulation
Reference Markup Language (SRML), Base Object Models (BOM), and Network Centric Enterprise Services
(NCES) that will eventually provide connectivity between simulations, databases, and operational systems across
the Global Information Grid (GIG).
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1030-1100, ANL forum
Wednesday; Sanibel Room, 0930-1000, C2/MS forum
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1530-1600, CFI/DSPT forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
07F-SIW-045
WARPIV KERNEL: HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Jeffrey S. Steinman
EMAIL: steinman@warpiv.com
ABSTRACT: This paper provides an overview of the design and implementation of the WarpIV High Speed
Communications infrastructure. An overview summarizes the various services that are provided by the
infrastructure. The shared memory algorithms are discussed to support synchronized operations and asynchronous
message passing mailbox services. Support of network clusters is described, with an emphasis on startup and
shutdown procedures. An overview of the Object Request Broker services shows the techniques used to provide
distributed object capabilities. Performance results are given for dual-processor Linux machines and on a 44processor HP Superdome.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1130-1200, CFI forum
180
07F-SIW-047
OBJECT MODELS, MESSAGES, LANGUAGES - THE WARFIGHTER DESERVES BETTER
AUTHOR(s): Andreas Tolk, Charles Turnitsa, Saikou Diallo
EMAIL: cturnits@odu.edu
ABSTRACT: The world of C2 communications and interoperability grows increasingly more complex and
diverse, especially as it expands to include simulations, robotic forces, SOA approaches among other new
application areas. Object models, as employed in federations, afford the means for each system, while exchanging
via a common lexicon, to accommodate separate definitions for the information elements exchanged. Messages,
while extremely rigid and formalized, are interpreted by systems all claiming to represent doctrine, yet sometimes
are not able to represent what doctrine states. Language development efforts seek to allow for the exchange of
information by systems from a broad range of communities, yet while still concentrating on the terms of exchange,
interpretation of the meaning of those terms is granted to the individual systems (which may each interpret their
own meaning). In all these cases, by relying on terms, which may be interpreted by the receiving system,
ambiguity is not only possible, it is almost guaranteed. The warfighter, who is either training, planning, or
operating in a dangerous world deserves better - information exchange without ambiguity.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Sanibel Room, 1100-1130, C2/MS forum
181
07F-SIW-048
DESIGN OF AN URBAN CHEMICAL DISASTER SIMULATION FEDERATION FOR
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
AUTHOR(s): Dr. James E. Coolahan, Dr. Alan M. Shih,, Dr. Roy P. Koomullil, Dr. Yushshi Ito, Dr. Evangelos
I. Kaisar, Dr. Kenneth K. Walsh, Michael T. Kane, John F. Schloman, Dr. Makola M. Abdullah
EMAIL: James.Coolahan@jhuapl.edu
ABSTRACT: In late 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) selected a multi-University consortium
led by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to form a National Center for the Study of Preparedness and
Catastrophic Event Response (PACER). One of the initial three-year cross-cutting projects being performed by the
PACER center is the construction of an initial integrated M&S framework focused on preparing for the response to
catastrophic events. This project, started in the fall of 2006, is led by the Applied Physics Laboratory of JHU
(JHU/APL), and involves researchers from the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), Florida Atlantic
University (FAU), Florida A&M University, and the Brookings Institution. The first prototype simulation
federation is being developed using the High Level Architecture (HLA) standard an Urban Chemical Disaster
federation to be completed in the winter of 2007-08.
Building upon a technical paper presented at the 2007 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop (paper 07SSIW-077), this paper will present a detailed view of the design of the Urban Chemical Disaster federation, and the
chlorine-containing railcar explosion/rupture scenario that is being used in its initial execution. The design
presented will include descriptions of the simulation components that will be part of the real-time federation
execution, as well as descriptions of simulations that will be executed prior to federation execution, in order to
permit its execution in real time. The components include three airborne chemical transport simulations developed
by UAB (for wind field generation in the scenario location in downtown Baltimore, chemical transport, and realtime insertion of chemical concentrations into the federation); a traffic flow simulation employed by FAU
(populated with road network, traffic signal, and demographic information for the city center area of Baltimore);
the dynamic mechanical simulation of the railcar explosion/rupture employed by FAMU, and the resulting
chemical release rate simulation; and sensing and command/control simulations developed by JHU/APL.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Largo Room, 0900-0930, CMSS & RD&E JOINT session
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1130-1200, SMAS forum
07F-SIW-049
EXPERIENCES WITH OWNERSHIP TRANSFER IN LARGE-SCALE REALTIME
SIMULATION
AUTHOR(s): Bill Helfinstine, Mark Torpey, Andy Ceranowicz
EMAIL: bill.helfinstine@lmco.com
ABSTRACT: The Ownership Management capabilities of the High Level Architecture provide a mechanism for
allowing multiple simulations to express data that relates to a single conceptual object over time. We used these
capabilities in the USJFCOM experiment Urban Resolve 2015 to provide a mechanism for command and control
collaberation and sharing. This paper discusses the limitations we encountered with the HLA Ownership Transfer
capabilities, and the modifications and workarounds we employed to address these limitations. We also discuss the
larger issue of whether the current or proposed future ownership capabilities of the HLA are sufficient to address
the needs of a large-scale realtime fault-tolerant federation.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1030-1100, CFI forum
182
07F-SIW-050
AMVS: AUTOMATED MODEL VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION SYSTEM
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Chun Wei Yap, Wee Sze Ong, Su-Han Victor Tay, Dr. Gee Wah Ng , Yu Zong Chen
EMAIL: chunweiyap@yahoo.com.sg
ABSTRACT: Model Verification and Validation (V&V) is an important aspect in the area of Modeling &
Simulation. The fundamental purpose of V&V is to establish credibility of a model or a simulation system. This
provides users with a good confidence level of the outcomes generated from these models or simulation systems.
The verified and validated models can thus be more extensively applied and used for further improving the
efficiency of model resources. Currently, there is a limited number of software capable of verifying and validating
a model or simulation system. Most of the available software has been developed on the basis of single algorithm,
which may not be sufficient for covering different types of verification and validation tasks. This paper describes
the first phase of our work on the development of multi-algorithm based automated model verification and
validation system. An automated system, AMVS, was created to significantly extend the application range of
currently available software by including six heuristic algorithms: genetic algorithm, particular swarm, simulated
annealing, bound constraint Newton, inductive search and differential evolution. In addition, AMVS was designed
to allow convenient addition of new algorithms. The model verification performance of AMVS was evaluated by
using 27 different types of test cases. The results suggest that AMVS is useful for the verification and possibly
also validation of different types of models. The second phase is being initiated in testing and applying our
developed AMVS to the real-world problems such as flight control.
This paper is being presented: Due to time constraints, this paper is not being presented but is recommended for
publication in the 2007 Fall Proceedings by the VV&A forum
07F-SIW-051
JOINT BATTLE MANAGEMENT LANGUAGE (JBML) - PHASE 1 DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION RESULTS
AUTHOR(s): Curtis Blais, Dr. Stanley Levine, Dr. J. Mark Pullen, Dr. Michael R. Hieb, Cynthia Pandolfo, John
Roberts, John Kearley
EMAIL: stan.levine@us.army.mil
ABSTRACT: The Joint Battle Management Language (JBML) is being developed as an unambiguous language
for command and control of live and simulated forces conducting military operations, and to provide for
situational awareness and a shared, common operational picture. The purpose of the Phase 1 development and
demonstration effort was to build and demonstrate an initial Joint BML capability to transmit digital orders from
Joint Forces using a Battle Management Language construct as a Proof of Principle. This paper summarizes the
successful completion of the development and demonstration of this Joint (Land, Sea, Air) proof of principle
construct. A combination of Service and Joint real Command and Control (C2) systems and simulations were used
in an operationally realistic Joint scenario as part of the demonstration. The results of this effort will serve as a
basis for a SISO Coalition Standard on BML. In addition, this effort is very applicable to Homeland and Societal
Security. BML will provide a robust method for exchanging clear interoperable plans, orders, and situational
awareness reports between military, paramilitary, civilian governmental, and non-governmental organizations.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 1030-1100, C2/MS forum
183
07F-SIW-052
FEDERATION ARCHITECTURE MODELING: A CASE STUDY WITH NSTMSS
AUTHOR(s): Ayhan Molla, Kaan Sarioğlu Mehmet Adak, Halit Oguztüzün, Okan Topçu
EMAIL: amolla@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: We discuss practical issues in modeling federation architectures as we present a real life example,
Naval Surface Tactical Maneuvering Simulation System (NSTMSS), by modeling its architecture based on the
Federation Architecture Metamodel (FAMM). FAMM provides a formalized language to specify the behaviors of
federates as well as their object models. The case study will be presented in detail showing the usage of FAMM. A
federation architecture model is amenable to automated processing. In particular, it serves as a source for federate
application code generation, and as a target for transformations from domain models.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 0805-0830, SMS COMPOSE forum
07F-SIW-054
A SYSTEM VIEW OF C-BML
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Andreas Tolk, Charles Turnitsa, Saikou Diallo
EMAIL: atolk@odu.edu
ABSTRACT: The majority of research work on Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML) is currently
oriented towards the use of Lexical Functional Grammars (LFG) to capture BML-doctrine and produce BMLprotocols. LFG (LFG) is a theoretical framework in linguistics and a special variety of generative grammar.
Regarding the literature, the LFG approach is particularly successful with non-configurationally languages. In such
languages, the relation between structure and function is less direct than it is in languages like English and
definitely less than in formal data models. This allows the evaluation of very complex and unstructured sentences
sometimes used in human communications.
While this approach is definitely of great value when we target natural language processing or free language
generation, C-BML targets a language between information systems. The question needs to be answered if LFG is
the best approach for a standard regulation the structured communication between systems. More system oriented
solutions applied in other domains should be evaluated in addition to the LFG approach.
The paper will focus on such alternative views and show their applicability in the light of the C-BML study report
and the C-BML product nomination.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 1130-1200, C2/MS forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
184
07F-SIW-057
USING BOM IN DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTED SIMULATON PROJECTS
AUTHOR(s): Yasemin Timar, Ismail Bikmaz, Isa Tasdelen, Sevgi Akgün, Oğuz Dikenelli
EMAIL: yasemin.timar@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: Conceptual modeling is a critical process in the development of distributed simulation systems
because of the fact that output model becomes an input to the all phases of the development process. Good meta
model used in the conceptual modeling ensures to understand and decompose the simulation entities and to reuse
in other simulation systems. Main purpose of the conceptual modeling of distributed simulation projects which has
High Level Architecture (HLA) and Federation Object Model (FOM) infrastructure is to accomplish that the
simulation system has the main properties such as interoperability, reusability, component oriented development.
Base Object Model (BOM)[1] is a model template that assumes the simulation systems are composed of
manageable and reusable piece-parts. Conceptual modeling using BOM ensures that the simulation system will
hold those main properties. In this work, the experiences in the process of using BOM to form the conceptual
model of the distributed simulation systems, main steps of the process and forming a RPR FOM compliant FOM
from the conceptual model with the UML notations used will be shared.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Amelia Room, 1130-1200, DSPT forum
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 0900-0930, SMS COMPOSE forum
185
07F-SIW-058
FEDERATION AGREEMENTS - OBSERVATIONS, CONSIDERATIONS AND PROPOSALS
OUT OF THE NATO MSG-052 WORKING GROUP ‘KNOWLEDGE NETWORK FOR
FEDERATION ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN’
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Margaret Loper, Wim Huiskamp, Dannie E. Cutts
EMAIL: Wim.Huiskamp@tno.nl
ABSTRACT: Designing and managing distributed simulation systems is a complex process requiring extensive
experience, in-depth knowledge, and a certain skills to construct a federation which meets a myriad of operational,
functional and technical requirements. Unfortunately, the practical knowledge gained in the architecture, design,
development and systems integration of federations is seldom reused and rarely shared in an effective manner. In a
collaborative effort the NATO Research & Technology Organization (RTO) is sponsoring a NATO Modeling and
Simulation Group (MSG)-052 to establish a knowledge network comprised of a combination of a Community of
Practice (CoP), Organisations and Knowledge Repositories oriented to promote the development and sharing of
information and knowledge on federation architecture and design among NATO/PfP countries. A critical
component of federation architecture and design are the federation agreements (FAs). This paper is the result of
the initial activities of the MSG-052 Working Group regarding federation agreements.
The group organized its first workshop in February 2007 at FMV, the Swedish military procurement agency, in
Stockholm, Sweden, where it addressed Federation Agreements as one of its main topics. This paper presents the
view on federation agreements developed out of the practical experiences collected from expert federation
developers across the NATO/PfP community during the first workshop. The general observation is that federation
agreements are in fact defined and refined in each phase of the federation development process. It is a continuous
and iterative process and certainly not limited to the formal FEDEP ‘step 4’ (Develop Federation). This view
should be reflected in the current SISO effort to update the FEDEP IEEE 1516.3 standard. The MSG-052
federation development CoP proposed that FAs be managed and maintained in a different way. MSG-052
recommends a much stronger information centric approach towards FAs and is investigating possible solutions.
This first CoP working group also proposed a template format for FAs which identifies its characteristics in a
structured way, for example: what is the formal definition of the FA, who is affected by it, when it applies, what is
the rational behind the FA, etc. The objective of this structured description is to support FA reuse and benefit from
previous experiences. The paper will also provide a proposed classification that can be applied to FAs (e.g.
Logical, Functional, and Physical), and the typical stakeholders such as federates, federation manager, customer
and users that are involved for each of these FA classes. The paper will conclude with proposed options and a
recommended way ahead for federation agreements. It will also discuss how MSG-052 can contribute to the SISO
FEDEP Product Development Group’s IEEE review process.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday Cypress Room, 0930-1000, RDE & ANL JOINT session
186
07F-SIW-059
FEDERATE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN HLA BASED DISTRIBUTED
SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Tolga Basturk, Yasir Kurtulus Avcibasi, Onur Destanoglu, Omer Eroglu, Hurcan Gokce Solter, F.
Erdogan Sevilgen, Isa Tasdelen, Oguz Dikenelli
EMAIL: tolga.basturk@bte.mam.gov.tr
ABSTRACT: This paper addresses Federate Management Infrastructure (FYA), which can be used in HLA
based distributed simulation development and integration processes. The purposes of this layer are to allow
domain users to design their own architectures by being abstracted from distributed simulation architecture and to
allow domain users to focus their attention only on their workspaces by minimizing programming burden
originating from distributed simulation environment. In this work, a national solution prepared by TUBITAK
Marmara Research Center Information Technologies Institute, will be discussed, and the modules it consists of
will be examined.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 0900-0930, CFI forum
07F-SIW-060
SHAPING INSURGENT ROUTE SELECTION : AN AREA COVERAGE STRATEGY
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Niki C. Goerger, LTC Simon R. Goerger, Ph.D., MAJ Gregory C. Griffin, MAJ Ed Teague,
Dr. Paul W. Richmond
EMAIL: niki.goerger@usma.edu
ABSTRACT: Insurgents have effectively employed asymmetric tactics, such as suicide bombers, as viable
threats in urban environments against counterinsurgent (COIN) forces conducting Stability, Security, Transition,
and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations. The political, cultural, and physical setting in which they implement
suicide tactics is not as readily constrainable as it is in full combat operations. Moreover, we do not fully
understand the human behaviors that drive the insurgent’s planning, actions, and reactions. These factors, overlaid
on an urban backdrop, add to the complexity and challenges of detecting and defeating this threat. This paper
discusses the latest round of experiments, the results, and the insights we have gained into the effects traffic flow
and traffic control measures have on insurgent path choice. We then applied these insights to the development of
tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for traffic flow strategies in light of key factors associated with COIN
and insurgent capabilities and behaviors. Agent based modeling and simulation environments are used in this work
for exploratory modeling across a wide range of parameters. These parameters, initially developed from interviews
conducted with a group of experienced veterans, have been focused in this experiment based on the results from
the previous three experiments and an update from soldiers returning from theater. The intent is to further use
these insights to develop focused experiments in more physics-based, more traditional simulation environments for
a tiered analysis capability. The research extends previous work by incorporating denser and more complex urban
settings, traffic, and TTP factors that can affect the decision of the threat. Additionally, there was a significant
change in the overall strategy used to disrupt the insurgent activities. In previous efforts, the TCPs were arrayed
around a single target in a point type of defense. In this set of experiments we move to multiple possible targets
and an area defense. Our goal is to generate insights that will allow counterinsurgent forces to shape insurgent
behavior making their suicide bombers detectable and therefore more easily defeated.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 1530-1600, C2/MS forum
187
06F-SIW-061
SIMULATION FORMALISM: REVIEW AND COMPARISON OF EXISTING DEFINITIONS OF KEY
TERMS
AUTHORS(s): Saikou Y. Diallo, Dr. Andreas Tolk, Dr. Eric W. Weisel
EMAIL: sdiallo@odu.edu
ABSTRACT: The practice of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) extends over many centuries and spans across
many disciplines ranging from social studies to mathematics, physics and life sciences. Over the last two decade
M&S has attempted to emerge as a separate discipline with its own field of study and focus. In this effort to move
M&S from an art to a science, many scientists have put forward formalisms and frameworks that serve as the basis
for building models and simulations. However, the general consensus is that in order to succeed, the first order of
battle should be the establishment of formal definitions for key terms such as model, simulation and validity and
other related terms. The main problem is that there are many, sometimes conflicting, definitions for the
aforementioned terms. As a consequence, the M&S community remains divided into many schools (DEVS,
DoDAF, etc&) and there is no unifying theory of M&S that is universally accepted. This lack of consensus on the
basics is a retarding factor in the emergence of M&S as a science that needs to be addressed seriously and soon.
The goal of this paper is to review existing definitions for such key terms and compare and contrast them with
respect to their usability in M&S. The paper will focus on the Discrete Event Simulation (DEVS) formalism [1],
the Rand Corporation report on M&S use within the Department of Defense (DoD) [2] and the work of Petty et al.
on simulation formalisms and composability [3]. The paper will also offer some recommendations as to what
constitutes a good definition and a way ahead for establishing M&S as a science.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1600-1630, ANL forum
06F-SIW-063
COMMERCIAL GAMES FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL - A STUDY OF CLAN LEADERS AND
MILITARY COMMANDERS
AUTHOR(S): Björn Asklöf, Per M. Gustavsson
EMAIL: a03bjoas@student.his.se
ABSTRACT: Serious Gaming is traditionally a domain where the usage of civil technology and methods are
used to create training and education for serious purposes. In this paper another approach towards reuse of
methods and technology are presented.
When looking at the vast amount of game players (battlefield 2) versus the number of users of military command
and control systems, the question arise if the Visualization and Human Machine Interaction (HMI) in the game can
be reused in Command and Control systems. With the purpose to increase the skill of command since the
commander of the future already will be familiar with the decision support tools.
This paper examines the similarities and difference between a commander for a tank company and a clan leader in
Battlefield 2, in establishing and maintaining Situation Awareness with regards to position of forces in the HMI.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1430-1500, TRAIN forum
Wednesday; Sanibel Room, 0830-0900, C2/MS forum
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1400-1430, IO-ISR forum
188
06F-SIW-064
AXIOM:
A CONCEPT SPACE APPROACH SUITABLE FOR ACHIEVING
COMPOSABILITY LEVELS OF SYSTEM OF SYSTEM INTEROPERABILITY
MEANING
AUTHOR(S): Dr. James R. McCracken, Dr. Robert G. Eggleston
EMAIL: jim@tdkc.com
ABSTRACT: The paper will present the computational approach for a concept space-based approach to meaning
composability, based in part on the conceptual spaces approach of Gardenfors. This work is a continuation of a
paper presented at Fall 2005 SIW. The goal is to support composability of knowledge for intelligent agents and
provide other support for insertion into simulations. Two examples illustrate what it means to implement
computational composability using conceptual spaces.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 0930-1000, SMS COMPOSE forum
06F-SIW-065
APPLYING THE MISSION ESSENTIAL COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO AN
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
AUTHOR(S): George M. Alliger, William Baetz, CAPT. Kristen Barrera, Winston Bennett Jr., Daniel Narigon
EMAIL: jim@tdkc.com
ABSTRACT: As part of a larger project for developing simulation-based training for a large Midwestern
county s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and in order to help specify training requirements for that project,
EOC Mission Essential Competencies (MECs) are being developed. The process for and outcomes of the MEC
process have been developed and validated by the U.S. Air Force over the past 7 years, to provide a framework for
training and simulation guidance for a wide variety of defense systems, including multi-position and multi-team
systems. Although an EOC differs in substantial ways from previous systems to which MECs have been applied
(e.g., an EOC is a non-military entity in which political and public considerations can be paramount; most
operators are not assigned full-time to EOC), it appears that the MEC process and structure (e.g., knowledge and
skills, supporting competencies, developmental experiences) are applicable and can act as rich information for
training requirements. This paper details the initial MEC outcomes for the EOC, implications for broader civilian
application and discusses how the MEC process needed to be adapted to work for this unique and critically
important area.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1030-1100, TRAIN forum
- Nominated for 2007 “SIWzie “Awarded
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06F-SIW-066
TOWARDS CONCEPTUAL LINKAGE OF MODELS AND SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Rob D. King
EMAL: robking@verizon.net
ABSTRACT: When linking models or simulations, even the most complete description of the data exchanged
between systems will not permit composition that guarantees the absence of emergent behaviors or structural
variances. This paper documents why this is so and enumerates five cases that define boundaries across which
functional composition is not possible. Conceptual linkage is introduced as a solution to the problem of combining
systems across these boundaries. The nature of conceptual linkage is investigated through presentation of an initial
list of requirements and discussion of its ramifications for simulation interoperability.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 1400-1430, VV&A forum
06F-SIW-067
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACQUISITION MODELING & SIMULATION MASTER PLAN
AUTHOR(s): Michael R. Truelove, James W. Hollenbach
EMAIL: Michael.Truelove@syseng-so.com
ABSTRACT: The Acquisition Modeling and Simulation Working Group spent over a year researching and
recording shortfalls in DoD modeling and simulation tools used in the acquisition process. Forty actions to address
short falls and improve M&S support to the DoD acquisition process were documented in the Acquisition
Modeling & Simulation Master Plan. Over half of the actions are applicable to the training, experimentation,
analysis, planning, and testing modeling and simulation communities and will also benefit them. The focus of the
forty actions was to remove impediments that prevent a Program Manager from using models and simulations
more effectively. The actions make recommendations to improve modeling and simulation policy, technical
framework, and education. The plan was approved by the DoD Systems Engineering Forum in April 2006 and the
Acquisition M&S Working Group has been working to implement the actions during the past year. The
presentation will give visibility to the forty actions in the master plan, provide progress being made on
implementation, and identify what remains to be done.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 0830-0900, SMAS forum
190
06F-SIW-068
AUTOMATING STANDARDIZED INFORMATION FOR THE VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND
ACCREDITATION PROCESS: AN ACQUISITION COMMUNITY SPONSORED M&S PROJECT
AUTHOR(s): Marcy Stutzman, Curtis Blais, David H. Broyles
EMAIL: marcy.stutzman@ngc.com
ABSTRACT: The Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and Simulation Steering Committee (M&S SC)
approved and funded in Fiscal Year 07 an M&S Project titled, "Standardized Documentation for Verification,
Validation, and Accreditation." The project is managed by the Navy Modeling and Simulation Office (NMSO) and
incorporates two distinct, but related efforts: the DoD VV&A Documentation Tool (DVDT) and a VV&A
ontology for M&S. This project will be accomplished using the Integrated Product and Process Team (IPPT)
approach. Members of the IPPT will include VV&A representatives of the Military Service M&S offices and the
M&S Coordination Office, as well as representatives of the DoD Communities enabled by the use of accredited
M&S.
Several teams will contribute to the project including an Architecture and Software Development Team (A&SDT),
a Taxonomy and Metadata Team (T&MT), and a Project Management Team (PMT). The Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Charleston leads the A&SDT and PMT. The Naval Postgraduate
School (NPS) leads the T&MT. SPAWARSYSCEN will produce an operational and secure DVDT based on an
open source architecture. The DVDT will implement the DoD standard templates for VV&A documentation. NPS
will produce an XML schema and common ontology describing VV&A processes and records in the context of the
Global Information Grid (GIG) and DoD Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS).
This paper will inform the VV&A Forum of this project by providing an overview including scope, schedule, and
deliverables. Additionally, the paper will delve into the technical details of the DVDT and the VV&A XML
schema.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 0900-0930, VV&A forum
191
06F-SIW-069
MAKING YOUR BOMS AND FOM MODULES PLAY TOGETHER
AUTHOR(s): Björn Möller, Paul Gustavson, Björn Löfstrand, Bob Lutz
EMAIL: bjorn.moller@pitch.se
ABSTRACT: Proper modeling is key in order to achieve effective interoperability between simulation systems.
Base Object Models (BOMs) is a SISO standard that allows simulation developers to create object models that
form a base for interoperability, even though the participating systems to be used have not yet been selected. The
BOM concept is based on the assumption that piece-parts of models, simulations, and federations can be extracted
and reused as modeling building-blocks or components. Special attention is paid to sequences of events that take
place between simulation elements
One important part of the High Level Architecture standard is the Federation Object Model (FOM) that describes
the data to be exchanged at runtime. The upcoming version of HLA, named ‘HLA Evolved’, allows FOMs to be
divided into smaller, reusable components called FOM modules.
BOMs have unique capabilities in the earlier phases of FEDEP since they enable reuse across federations and have
little dependency on the exact systems that are used in any particular federation. FOM Modules on the other hand
have unique capabilities during the later phases since they can provide plug-and-play reuse. The greatest benefit is
achieved if they are used together. BOMs and Modular FOMs also share a number of description formats that
enables a smooth transition from BOMs to FOM Modules.
This paper describes in detail how BOMs and Modular FOMs can be used together for optimal reuse and
interoperability from the early modeling stages to the final integration and execution phases.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1530-1600, RD&E forum
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1400-1430, CFI/DSPT forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
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07F-SIW-072
STANDARDIZED SPACE TRAINER (SST) PROOF-OF-CONCEPT
AUTHOR(s): Laura R. Dietz, Robert P. Costello, David S. Coleman
EMAIL: dietz@sonalysts.com
ABSTRACT: Currently, a number of different training systems are used by the Air Force for satellite command
and control (C²) training in Initial Qualification Training and Unit Qualification Training. Many of these training
systems are 'stove-piped' with different hardware, operating systems, proprietary software, and maintenance
contracts. As a result, they are costly to sustain and administer configuration control. To address this problem, the
Air Force Space Training Acquisition Office has established a vision for a single Standardized Space Trainer
(SST) for C² operator training that employs commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and operating systems,
and one common training system architecture which will launch system-specific simulations developed to execute
space operations training for a number of different satellite systems.
Sonalysts, Inc., pursuant to a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II enhancement project, is
currently developing a proof-of concept SST. Under sponsorship of the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air
Education and Training Command, and the SBIR program, the proof-of concept training application will provide
simulation support for a subset of the Architectural Evolution Plan (AEP) and Defense Satellite Communications
System (DSCS) satellite systems using advanced modeling, simulation, and visualization technologies.
The simulation-based trainer will run on a personal computer with an XP operating system and emulate two
command and control consoles: one for the DSCS and one for the AEP. The training system architecture will be
expandable to support the full SST vision, so that all of the training features and content required to fully train a
satellite operator can be incorporated incrementally as additional funding is identified. A preliminary version of
the proof-of-concept SST is scheduled to be completed by September 2007.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1630-1700, TRAIN forum
193
07F-SIW-073
THE VIRTUAL ARENA FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT
AUTHOR(s): Anders Mattson, Lykke Silfwerbrand
EMAIL: lykke@c4i.se
ABSTRACT: Computer supported gaming is an accepted methodology for the training of decision makers on
several levels in crisis management. Commonly these tools are focused on two levels of training. One of them is
training managers and leaders as if they had to do everything themselves, like training a general as a tank driver or
a gunner, or a politician taking care of a car fire. The other level is aimed at staff personnel. You feed the staff
with information using models of terrain and objects involved in the accident. This will train the staff but not the
decision makers.
These tools results in training athletes and arena staff rather than training decision/policy makers. Focus are on
multiple interactive actions/objects (duels), data models, data flow, bandwidth and refresh rate instead of policy
making (i.e. ROE), awareness, prognoses, and high level intentions and goals.
This paper proposes a method of designing training models that interact by communicating and sharing intentions
and awareness instead of just producing raw position data, high fidelity status and formal orders.
Firstly, embrace the possibility of mixing hard facts with fuzzy logic in order to present a Common Situational
Awareness rather than a Common Operational Picture, which is normally based on outdated hard facts.
Secondly, focus on high level results (overall aims) instead of low level details, for example look at intentions like
rough plans with a top-down perspective. Top management dis-aggregation (a good guess based on intuition
instead of millions of details) and intentionally hiding of unimportant information is crucial.
The design should aim at replacing ‘filtered interactive user interfaces with conscious interface agents’ that are
allowed to do mistakes but are intelligent enough to correct them over time.
To train leaders and managers correctly, and to build efficient decision support for high level commanders, the
design of models (and agents) should build upon interactions that facilitate
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Largo Room, 0830-0900, CMSS forum
194
07F-SIW-075
NATO AND NATO/PFP NATIONS HLA COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION: HISTORY, LESSONS
LEARNED AND PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS
AUTHOR(s): Roy Scrudder, Martin Adelanatado, Mark Crooks, Jean-Louis Igarza Régis Mauget,
Randy Saunders
EMAIL: roy.scrudder@osd.mil
ABSTRACT: The United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD) established the High Level Architecture
(HLA) as a modeling and simulation (M&S) interoperability standard in 1995. Early on, it was clear that the
application of the standard would be difficult without a dedicated methodology ( a development and execution
process), a set of associated supporting tools and an efficient compliance certification process. That compliance
certification process and supporting tools are the principal topics of this paper.
Since the initial US DoD version, HLA has matured considerably and is now widely accepted by the international
community. HLA was accepted by NATO in 1998 and became an IEEE standard in 2000 (IEEE 1516, 1561.1 and
1516.2). An ‘evolved’ version of the IEEE 1516 series of technical specifications for HLA is nearing publication.
HLA was accepted in 2007 as a NATO STANAG (Standard Agreement). A large number of major programs are
using it inside the US and in other nations. Previous Euro-SIWs have demonstrated that HLA is now also in use
outside the military world.
In 2003, the NATO created a series of M&S groups charged with implementing a NATO HLA Compliance
Certification Capability, distributed among NATO nations and NATO Partner for Peace (NATO PfP) Nations.
This certification capability is based on the Certification Software suite and supporting process, both developed in
the 1990s by the US DoD. France, followed later by Spain and Sweden, adopted this certification capability. Other
nations that have expressed an interest in this capability include Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom
(UK).
This paper first provides a brief status of objectives and results achieved by the NATO M&S Groups. Next, the
paper explains the motivation for and principles of HLA certification. Finally, the paper reports on preliminary
lessons learned on the NATO HLA certification activity issued from the available operational compliance
certification capabilities (deployment of a capability, running the service, etc.) and introduces new published
statistics on certified federates. Those statistics provide information on the way HLA is used in the community.
Notes:
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Euro SIW as 07E-SIW-059. The authors will update the Euro
SIW paper with certification testing results obtained between the Euro and Fall SIWs.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1330-1400, CFI/DSPT JOINT session
195
07F-SIW-076
ENHANCING VIRTUAL SIMULATION SYSTEMS INTEROPERABILITY THROUGH V-DIS
AUTHOR(s): Lance R. Marrou, Mark A. Faulk, Brian Kemper, Terry B. Tyson
EMAIL: lance.r.marrou@saic.com
ABSTRACT: Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) is an infrastructure that promotes interoperability amongst
various training systems, whether they belong to the same vendor or not. It links multiple types of simulations
from the constructive, live, and virtual domains, and across different types of networks. Even within the same
organization, different training systems utilize a slightly different flavor of DIS. The reason for this is simple,
these systems require functionality not available in the current (at the time the training system was developed)
standard and extensions or modifications are necessary. The IEEE and SISO standards cannot hope to remain in
lock-step with the development of new technologies in simulators.
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation and Training (PEO STRI) Project Manager Combined
Arms Tactical Trainer (PM CATT) initiated the Synthetic Environment (SE) Core Architecture & Integration
(A&I) program. This contract is tasked with developing a Virtual Simulation Architecture (VSA) with the goal of
providing the warfighter with enhanced training by increasing interoperability between training systems,
increasing the reuse of products developed for training systems, protecting the investments made in developing
current virtual training simulations, and increasing the adaptability and extensibility of the virtual training
simulations that are developed to enable the easy incorporation of new features. A large segment of the PM CATT
virtual domain programs uses DIS, so this standard is important in legacy, current, and future training systems.
Establishing a single flavor of DIS that will be used by the training and simulation programs under PM CATT and
then communicating the desired changes to the standards community at IEEE and SISO is one of the initiatives
contributing to resolving the interoperability issues within the U.S Army virtual domain.
This paper describes the SE Core VSA effort in performing the gap analysis and in developing the extensions and
modifications to create VSA DIS (V-DIS). We discuss the challenges of developing a useful standard while
minimizing the impact on legacy training systems. We also describe the effort of correlating our requirements with
the existing efforts within the DIS community to provide an extensible and updated standard. This correlation will
minimize the impact to the U.S Army training systems with respect to DIS when the revision gets published.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1100-1130, RD&E forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
196
07F-SIW-077
APPLYING THE BASE OBJECT MODEL TO THE TORPEDO ENTERPRISE ADVANCED
MODELING AND SIMULATION INITIATIVE
AUTHOR(s): Jim Watkins, Pierre Lallement, David Diederich
EMAIL: jwatkins@arlut.utexas.edu
ABSTRACTS: Base Object Models (BOMs) provide a component framework for facilitating interoperability,
reuse, and composability of simulation components. The concept is based upon the assumption that piece-parts of
models, simulations, and federations can be extracted and reused as modeling building blocks or components.
BOMs are designed to provide a mechanism for defining a simulation conceptual model and optionally mapping to
the interface elements of a simulation or federation using High Level Architecture (HLA) Object Model Template
(OMT) constructs. The basic BOM approach is based upon the assumption that the interplay within a simulation or
federation can be captured and characterized in the form of reusable patterns, and the representation of these
patterns can captured in the BOM. The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) has invested
considerable time and effort in developing the BOM Template Specification, as well as in developing guidance for
its use and implementation.
The Torpedo Enterprise Advanced Modeling and Simulation (TEAMS) program has been developing a crossenterprise, collaborative undersea warfare modeling and simulation business environment to enable and encourage
the sharing and leveraging of legacy and new components. One of the goals of this program has been to develop an
approach to creating reusable components from a set of commonly used torpedo warfare simulations, combining
components to form simulations designed to meet specific user needs. It is an effort which intends to leverage the
sharing of legacy as well as new-development resources, and is to support the development of modeling and
simulation tools and the application of these tools across the life cycle of undersea weapons. For the past four
years, the TEAMS Initiative has employed a collaborative approach among the Undersea Warfare M&S
Consortium to develop an agreed upon common conceptual model with an eye toward identifying the boundaries
and interfaces for these components. The result has been a consensus framework for creating and integrating
reusable components of different acoustic models and simulations, and a partial Unified Modeling Language
(UML) model describing the components and interfaces..
The application of the BOM to the undersea warfare environment is a natural and appropriate next step toward
achieving the TEAMS Initiative goals of developing an approach to creating reusable components from a set of
commonly used torpedo simulations. This paper will describe an approach to using the BOM as a mechanism for
defining a simulation conceptual model which is consistent with the current TEAMS framework and its associated
conceptual model. This paper will provide a brief descriptive commentary on the background of both BOMs and
TEAMS, and will proceed to develop an initial partial BOM which will capture the tenets and structure of the
current TEAMS conceptual model in a structure which is based upon the patterns of interplay, state machine, and
conceptual entities and events which are fundamental to the BOM template for an individual Conceptual Model.
Finally, this paper will provide some recommendations for the next steps appropriate to implementing the BOM
approach in pursuit of TEAMS program goals and objectives.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1330-1400, ANL forum
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1100-1130, SMAS forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
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07F-SIW-078
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE - BEYOND THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON
AUTHOR(s): Trevor W. Pearce, Tony Bailetti
EMAIL: pearce@sce.carleton.ca
ABSTRACT: Open source software is proliferating at a phenomenal pace and in an expanding breadth of
application domains. End users are attracted by the seductive lure of free software. Developers are attracted by the
productivity gains of using open source components instead of inventing and maintaining proprietary components.
These are powerful reasons by their own rights, but they are just some of the immediately obvious advantages in
adopting open source software. Beyond these immediately obvious advantages, there have been nagging questions
associated with open source software, such as: What sort of business model can make money out of giving away
free software? Is it really ‘free’, or are there hidden costs? What if the open source project dissolves and leaves us
holding the bag? Before an organization should seriously consider taking the leap into adopting open source
software, they should explore any such nagging concerns and develop a sound business plan that motivates the
move.
The SIW community is taking an increasing interest in the potential use of open source software in the modelling
and simulation domain. At the Fall 2006 SIW, there were several papers presenting open source projects, and open
source software was the theme of the Academic Night. This paper is in response to requests for more information
following a presentation at the Academic Night. The paper begins with a general introduction to open source
software concepts, which lay the foundation for some suggested directions for open source software in the
modelling and simulation domain. Details are provided on business models that can leverage the potentials of open
source software, and some industrial examples are provided.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1630-1700, RD&E forum
Wednesday; Manatee Room, 1330-1400, SMS COMPOSE forum
198
07F-SIW-081
JOINT INTERACTION VALIDATION
AUTHOR(s): Eugene Stoudenmire, Michael A. White, Kristen Roy
EMAIL: estoudenmire@alionscience.com
ABSTRACT: This paper describes an effort to produce a standards-based foundation for validating the
interoperability, with respect to training purposes, of disparate simulation models (e.g., weapons systems, logistics,
and environmental effects). The effort will identify and develop or enhance standards and processes, and tools to
assess the validity of the interactions at the model level. Protocol-independent constructs will be defined that will
facilitate the development of standard data descriptions of model interactions. These data descriptions will provide
a foundation for specifications to which vendors, programs, and other providers can build with the assurance that
resulting products will be certifiable as truly interoperable in a multi-federate simulation environment. The same
specifications will enable application developers and the services’ operational users to assess the validity of the
interactions at the model level when their application is employed as part of a multi-federate simulation
environment. The method will address a current gap ‘that technologists lack a defined mechanism for validating
the interoperability of disparate simulation engines at the model level. Protocols such as the High Level
Architecture (HLA), Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), and Test and Training Enabling Architecture
(TENA) ensure these engines interoperate at the application level; however, interoperability at the application
level does not assure interactions between disparate models are correct, accurate, appropriate or sufficient. The
work on the initiative began Spring 2007, thus this paper describes the work accomplished to date and the
anticipated way ahead.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1130-1200, TRAIN forum
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 1100-1130, VV&A forum
- Nominated for 2007 “SIWzie “Awarded
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07F-SIW-083
ADVANCING THE FERERATION DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION PROCESS (FEDEP) FOR
SIMULATION BASED ACQUISITION (SBA)
AUTHOR(s): Dr. Katherine l. Morse, Paul N. Lowe
EMAIL: katherine.l.morse@saic.com
ABSTRACT: Future Combat Systems has been engaged in a mapping of the Federation Development and
Execution Process (FEDEP) to the Spiral Lifecycle Model for one incremental phase in a multi-phase lifecycle to
show how these two paradigms can work together, but more importantly, to illuminate the need to treat event
federations as first class objects with their own program artifacts and resources. The tailored FEDEP will be
shown to lay out the basis for a schedule, identifying critical dependencies. Importantly, this tailoring shows a
mapping between a specification tree, event milestones, and the FEDEP.
The FEDEP was designed for individual events where the program is focused on acquiring the federation and the
results of an individual federation execution. We are focused on acquiring multiple systems, neither the federation
nor the results of a single federation execution. As such, our use of the FEDEP can only address individual events.
There must be an overarching approach that coordinates the relationship between FEDEP iterations,’ e.g. the
reuse of activities and outcomes that don t need to be repeated. To achieve such a coordinated approach, we’re
performing both top down and bottom up reviews. The top down review looks at program planning conferences
and anchor points as sources of inputs to the event federations. The bottom up review looks at the current
availability of FEDEP artifacts. The top down and bottom up review results are stitched together through a
mapping containing the planning conferences, anchor points, and FEDEP inputs, providing a useful tool for
managing the planning conferences, especially the exit criteria. The final outcome of the mapping is a list of gaps
in our federation engineering approach and recommendations for filling those gaps. This paper reports the results
of that analysis, and makes preliminary recommendations for the use of FEDEP in large SBA programs that build
and execute multiple federations.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Captiva Room, 1030-1100, T&E forum
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 0930-1000, DSPT/SMAS Joint session
200
07F-SIW-084
IMPROVING TESTING CAPABILITY OF INTEROPERABILITY FOR LINK-11 BY BUILDING A
GATEWAY FOR A TCP/IP NETWORK
AUTHOR(s): Ho Jun Lee, Dale Fulton, Doohwan Kim, Bernard P. Zeigler, Taekyu Kim
EMAL: hjlee@email.arizona.edu
ABSTRACT: Link-11 is a tactical digital communication network standard deployed in military platforms now
for several decades. The standard employs the digital modulation technique Differential Quadrature Phase Shift
Keying (DQPSK) to encode formatted binary messages (M-series messages) onto an audio channel, which are
then modulated and transmitted over a radio communications network. Testing of the various systems that use this
communications network requires either a fully operational RF network, or exchange of the audio-encoded data
over a voice channel. An alternative is to send and receive over an IP network, by encoding and decoding the
audio from a data terminal set that is part of the normal operational equipment. This allows the test community to
interconnect distant test sites over IP networks using this robust connectivity for message exchanges. This
facilitates interoperability testing at the data and applications level where RF and audio connectivity is not
available or is unreliable. We explore this approach to interoperability testing of Link-11 by implementing a
gateway between the Link-11 network and a TCP/IP network. Such a gateway has been built and tested at the Joint
Interoperability Test Command by a team of contractors and government. A review of the engineering and
implementation is provided, along with a proposed future expansion of the prototype within a given experimental
frame in the Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) framework.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 0900-0930, C2/MS forum
201
07F-SIW-085
A FOUNDATION FOR SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY
AUTHOR(s): Dr. David Gross, William V. Tucker
EMAIL: David.C.Gross@Boeing.Com
ABSTRACT: Interoperability has emerged as critical ‘ility’ for successful simulation development and
deployment. The ever increasing complexity of the challenges to be addressed by simulation, the continuing high
cost to develop simulations, and the difficulty of validating simulations all create pressures to create new
simulation capabilities by composing interoperable, proven simulation assets. Interoperable simulations therefore
deliver greater utility.
But such interoperability is not easily provided. Certainly, technologies such as the High Level Architecture have
addressed part of the interoperability challenge, specifically providing a basis for component simulations (i.e.,
federates) to physically connect and exchange data through those connections. This so-called technical
interoperability is a necessary but hardly sufficient part of the full interoperability challenge. To achieve full
interoperability, simulation compositions have to (in addition to technical interoperability) determine that the
composed representations provide adequate, accurate, and consistent simulated representations that adhere to the
principles of ‘fair fight’. This demands that those composing simulations from interoperable components
understand the meaning of the information exchanged, i.e., be able to define and measure the semantic
interoperability present in the composed simulation.
Semantic Interoperability is a technology whose goal is to make composition of simulations from existing models
or simulations easy, reliable, and cost effective. In the state of the practice today, such higher order interoperability
is assessed through applied engineering judgment. However such engineering judgment, no matter how well
informed, is not adequate to deal with the complexity of today's complex simulations. As a result, credible, cost
effective, comprehensive large scale simulations are not accessible to the engineering work force, although it
remains critical to their success. Deploying semantic interoperability technology would enable an order of
magnitude reduction in the time required to develop complex simulations.
This paper summarizes our progress to date in developing a foundation for semantic interoperability technology,
addressing the problem from five findings. First, that simulation interoperability is a specialized systems
engineering problem, that is, it is a system of systems problem, which requires techniques unique to this special
class of systems. Next, that simulation interoperability can fail according to a finite set of interoperability
anomalies we have defined. Next, that our fidelity framework provides a basis for measuring and comparing
representations to validate composed representations. Next, that specific simulation metadata can be captured and
processed to directly provide for semantic interoperability. Finally, that simulation interoperability can realistically
exist only with relatively strictly defined domains, meaning that product line engineering techniques such Domain
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Manatee Room, 1430-1500, SMS COMPOSE forum
202
07F-SIW-088
PURPOSE-AWARE INTEROPERABILTY: THE ONISTT ONTOLOGIES AND ANALYZER
AUTHOR: Reginald Ford, David Hanz, Daniel Elenius, Mark Johnson
EMAIL: reginald.ford@sri.com
ABSTRACT: Universal substantive interoperability among an arbitrary collection of heterogeneous LVC
systems for any arbitrary purpose is not attainable. The Open Netcentric Interoperability Standards for Training
and Testing (ONISTT) program has applied and extended the DoD Netcentric Data Strategy (NCDS) and semantic
web concepts to the more limited but attainable objective of ‘purpose-aware’ interoperability.
The core of the ONISTT approach is a formal description of exercise needs and confederation resources in Web
Ontology Language (OWL), and an Analyzer written in XSB Prolog that applies general logical reasoning and
domain-specific rules to determine whether a proposed confederation can satisfy the requirements of a proposed
exercise. In the ONISTT knowledge capture phase, Knowledge Bases (KBs) are populated with instance data that
describe exercise needs and resources. In the Analyzer employment phase, an exercise planner assigns operational
and LVC resources to roles that are derived from the exercise tasks. For each required interaction between two
roles, the Analyzer assesses whether the capabilities provided by the assigned resources are likely to provide a
satisfactory level of interoperability. The Analyzer also discovers and ranks potential resources for unassigned
roles. The exercise planner may adjust assignments in response to Analyzer warnings about failed or degraded
interoperability. The Analyzer can also generate some kinds of configuration artifacts used for exercise setup.
In January 2007, a working prototype Analyzer was demonstrated that links concepts and facts describing exercise
purposes and resources. This paper explains the ONISTT approach and benefits. It describes the application of
approximately 40 KBs and the Analyzer to assess interoperability in several demonstration cases, including two
Movement to Contact and Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) task scenarios. Finally, it explains the applicability of
ONISTT concepts beyond the test and training domains.
ONISTT is sponsored by the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Readiness (DUSD/R)
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1100-1130, TRAIN forum
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 1030-1100, VV&A forum
07F-SIW-089
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE JOINT ARCHITECTURE FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS (JAUS)
AUTHOR(s): Steve Rowe, Christopher R. Wagner
EMAIL: srowe@cybernet.com
ABSTRACT: The SISO RD&E group has requested an introduction to the Joint Architecture for Unmanned
Systems (JAUS). The JAUS standard is being developed by a working group of military and volunteer commercial
organizations, and will be released as a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard. Its purpose is
communication with and control of unmanned systems (including, but not limited to unmanned air, ground, and
sea vehicles). Unlike the NATO STANAG 1586 standard, JAUS addresses unmanned system capabilities beyond
those of vehicles, including payload control (e.g. manipulators), autonomous systems (as opposed to teleoperated),
This paper provides an introduction to JAUS, including history, underlying design principles, current status, and
future direction.
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This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1400-1430, RD&E Forum
07F-SIW-094
USING NEUROBIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ALGORITHMS TO CONTROL MULTIPLE UNMANNED
AIR VEHICLES
AUTHOR(s): Bret Givens, Matthew Duquette, Adam Parry, Kevin Allen
EMAIL: bgivens@infoscitex.com
ABSTRACT: There has been extensive research in the area of multiple UAV control and autonomy. The majority
of the techniques that have been developed can be classified as either optimization-based methods that make use of
extensive a priori information or reactive methods that use local information to define a global planning strategy.
Optimization-based methods are strictly planning methods. Typically these methods require offline processing due
to their computational complexity and can thus show a lack of robustness in dealing with highly dynamic
environments. However, in some cases, re-planning phases during execution of the mission can be possible. The
graph search approaches that have been used extensively typify these methods. Reactive methods take planning
methods one step further by incorporating local information into the control strategy to allow for changing
conditions in the environment. Rather than generating an a priori path through a given environment, reactive
methods focus on using local information to define a controller for a vehicle that ultimately gives rise to the
desired behavior. Potential function methods have long been exploited in the reactive paradigm. However, the less
exploited but quite promising area of neuro-biologically inspired control may provide a unique solution to the
cooperative control problem. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) have been studied for many years and are
‘trained’ rather than deterministically programmed. The complexity and sophistication of these designs has
increased over the past three decades. These Neurobiologically Inspired algorithms provide an even greater
capacity to respond to changes in the environment than traditional planning or reactive methods. These algorithms
will not only plan and react to the environment but can also be trained to anticipate future changes in the
environment. Clearly there exists the potential to extend the traditional Plan/React paradigms to a new level of
control: Anticipate. Applying ANNs or similar technologies to problem of UAV cooperative control is a largely
untapped area of research and this paper describes the algorithms, the missions they address and the results to date.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Cypress Room, 1330-1400, RD&E forum
Wednesday; Cypress Room, 1330-1400, SMAS/IO-ISR JOINT session
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
204
07F-SIW-095
INTERACTIVE MEETS REAL-TIME: LEVERAGING WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES IN SIMULATOR
SYSTEM DESIGN
AUTHOR(s): Arvind Sekar, Brent Robinett
EMAIL: sekar@imsa.edu
ABSTRACT: A good amount of data in a simulation system can be categorized as ‘interactive’ but not 'real-time'.
Instructor and operator controls, learning management and record keeping functions, after-action review
capabilities, and setup, diagnostic, and maintenance tools all require interaction with the system to change or view
simulation features that are real-time, even though these particular features may not be. Integration of these types
of information from different systems into larger federations may have fewer theoretical hurdles than real-time
integration, but it is still a time consuming and tedious process with little standardization between current systems.
Fortunately, web technologies have evolved in recent years with new standards for formatting, transmitting, and
presenting interactive data for a variety of purposes. There are numerous advantages to adopting many of these
standards in the design of new simulation systems, but there are also several technical challenges, especially at the
points where real-time data and interactive data depend on each other. In this paper, we survey various Web 2.0
technologies and examine how they can be leveraged in modern simulator design. We also describe our recent
experiences (both successes and challenges) in incorporating these technologies into the design of a small arms
training simulator.
This paper is being presented: Due to time constraints, this paper is not being presented but is recommended for
publication in the 2007 Fall Proceedings by the DSPT forum
205
07F-SIW-096
A PROPOSED DISTRIBUTED AFTER ACTION REVIEW (DAAR) STANDARD BASED ON THE
JOINT TRAINING EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM (JTEP) DAAR
AUTHOR(s): Reginald Ford, Cris Kobryn, John Shockley
EMAL: reginald.ford@sri.com
ABSTRACT: The Joint Training Experimentation Program (JTEP), a joint effort of the National Guard Bureau
(NGB) and California National Guard (CNG) to link live, virtual, and constructive training systems to improve
overall Guard training and readiness, has developed a Distributed After Action Review (DAAR) capability to
facilitate AARs between geographically distributed exercise participants.
The JTEP DAAR consists of synchronized 2D and 3D displays of individual entity position, maneuver,
engagement, and tactical voice data along with a video teleconference (VTC) capability that provides for human
interaction between sites. In the initial development, the challenge to provide lossless remote viewing while
staying within the limited (700 kbits/s) bandwidth allocated to JTEP on a shared network led to the approach of
recording all exercise data at each site, running local instances of the playback process at each site, and sending
only control information over the network.
This paper shows how JTEP DAAR capabilities can form the basis for a generalized standard for high-resolution
distributed AAR, applicable especially to bandwidth-limited environments. The DAAR protocol is specified using
Unified Modeling Language (UML). The paper describes the full protocol, and presents representative diagrams
specifying key aspects of logger, playback, and viewer synchronization.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1600-1630, TRAIN forum
Wednesday Biscayne Room, 1430-1500, CFI/DSPT JOINT Session
07F-SIW-098
MATREX DEVELOPS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR THE V&V OF A COMPLEX
SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
AUTHOR(s): Tom Hurt, William Yeakel, Michael Carothers, Susan Harkrider, Richard Mangieri,
Lana McGlynn
EMAIL: tom.hurt@us.army.mil
ABSTRACT: The Modeling Architecture for Technology and Research Experimentation (MATREX) Program
Management Office is conducting a multi-tiered verification and validation (V&V) strategy to support the future
accreditation of the MATREX federation. The tiers include Component, Federation, and Federation Event-Support
V&V. MATREX is a composable Modeling & Simulation (M&S) environment, comprised of a collection of
integrated multi-fidelity models, simulations and tools. The MATREX architecture is used to conduct analyses,
experimentation and technology trade-offs for RDECOM and the Army Commands. The components cover a
broad spectrum of functionality, from battle command, survivability, communications, vehicle dynamics, sensors,
ordnance, logistics, and damage effects to human performance. The architecture and design decisions of
MATREX have been captured in a content management system that provides multiple views into this information
with linkage relationships. Due to the complexity of the MATREX program, it is an excellent choice to serve as a
pilot program to implement the proposed MIL-STD ‘Documentation of Verification, Validation and Accreditation
(VV&A) for Models and Simulations’. This paper will describe the complexity of MATREX, the innovative V&V
approach developed and how the VV&A documentation standard meets the needs of this intricate VV&A effort.
Similarities to other V&V approaches and recommendations for V&V process improvement will also be
addressed.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Captiva Room, 1100-1130, T&E forum
206
07F-SIW-099
NEXT STEPS IN SIMULATION STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHOR(s): Dr Martin R. Stytz, Dr. Sheila B. Banks
EMAIL: mstytz@att.net
ABSTRACT: Technical standards and specifications for simulation environments serve two purposes, cost
minimization and interoperability. Standards/specifications can reduce costs by reducing simulation development
costs by re-use of environmental components and aiding in determining where to commit resources for funding
and development. The specifications are critical in determining how to allocate environment development
resources in order to achieve the desired simulation environment and a desired level of simulation performance.
But, the development of standards, or specifications, for simulation environments has reached a crossroads. The
simple standards have been, to a large degree, developed. While the standards that we have in hand, such as for
terrain and data exchange, are useful and can be refined, extended or even replaced, they do not address the core
needs for the future of simulation. The standards that we have do not address complex simulation issues related to
human representation, environment representation, cultural representation, and even weapons’ effects
representation. While it is true that many de facto standards have arisen to address portions of these issues, these
‘standards’ or specifications are based upon the popularity of deployed systems and were not developed with
larger simulation issues in mind. To advance the state of the art and of the practice for simulation environments we
require a set of specifications that define different levels of quality, capability, and fidelity for each of the major
components of a simulation environment. The standards/specifications should permit the definition of meaningful,
distinct categories of capabilities for the major components. The set of capability specifications for each
component should span the range of capabilities for each component, from the most primitive but useful to those
capabilities that are beyond our current ability but are, nevertheless, desired and needed. Obviously, the capability
specifications for a component should be grouped, so that all of the specifications for the most primitive
acceptable performance form one complete description of the capabilities required of the component to achieve a
consistent level of performance at a given point in its capabilities spectrum. The specifications for a given point in
the spectrum should be comprehensive, disjoint (both from other simulation environment components and other
points in the spectrum), and able to operate as defined with any other component. Obviously, the specifications
will be complex and will require a concerted effort by the simulation community to develop. In the paper, we will
discuss in more detail the need for the new type of standards, or specifications, that we propose their benefits, and
the challenges. Section One will present an introduction to this area, the expected benefits, and the motivation for
our research and for research in this area. Section Two presents background material and a discussion of related
topics. Section Three contains a discussion of the challenges that we anticipate and the characteristics of the
standards that must be developed. Section Four contains the conclusion and suggestions for further work.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Captiva Room, 0930-1000, T&E forum
Tuesday; Biscayne Room, 1530-1600, TRAIN forum
- Nominated for 2007 “SIWzie “Awarded
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07F-SIW-101
A FUNCTIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND OPERATIONAL TOOL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
AUTHOR(s): Susan Harkrider, Brian K. Hobson, Eric M. Johnson, Keith Johnston, Dr. Joseph McDonnell
EMAIL: susan_harkrider@att.net
ABSTRACT: The purpose of the Cross Command Collaboration Effort (3CE) is to develop a cross command
Army Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and data collaboration environment used for design, development,
integration, and testing of capabilities, systems, and prototypes. To achieve this purpose, 3CE is integrating and
providing a common environment that is documented and controlled in the 3CE Knowledge Repository (KR).
One element of the 3CE environment is the tools available to a command for use in an event, experiment, or test.
The choice of tools is difficult and is often based on subject matter expertise rather than a repeatable, requirements
based methodology. Although the Army command use of tools is typically specific to an event, a method for
choosing and assessing tools that is based on documented functional, operational and technical requirements lends
itself to repetition and increased credibility.
This paper will provide an overview of the 3CE Tool Assessment Methodology from three different perspectives:
an as is tool assessment; a tool selection methodology using the KR; and an assessment methodology based on
systems engineering practices. The tool selection methodology offers a rigorous and standardized approach for
commands to identify, assess, and select cross command tools based on the requirements of a command. This
methodology will compare design specifications to originating analytic requirements along functional, technical,
and operational perspectives.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Amelia Room, 1630-1700, ANL forum
07F-SIW-103
DODAF, DEVS, HLA, MDA, AND UML: LENSES TO VIEW ONE PROBLEM
AUTHOR(s); Michael C. Jones, Eric W. Weisel
EMAIL: mjone047@odu.edu
ABSTRACT: The modeling and simulation community, especially within the realm of the U.S. Department of
Defense, is divided by subcultures devoted to various formalisms and architectures. The Department of Defense
Architectural Framework (DoDAF) is a standardized framework mandated for the definition of large scale
information technology systems procured by the U.S. military. The Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS)
is a common formalism used within academia for specifying systems. The High Level Architecture (HLA) is an
architecture for connecting distributed simulations. It has attracted a following outside the defense industry as
well. The Object Management Group (OMG), a leading consortium of information technology companies,
advocates the use of the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) as ‘the overarching standard framework merging
various middleware solutions and platform independent models of various application domains. Finally, the
Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a commercially mature and accepted standard graphical language for the
design of object oriented systems independent of the platform they will be implemented on. To a great extent,
these concepts are not mutually exclusive but complimentary. Instead of selecting one method or another, the
practitioner should focus on the strengths of each and apply the most appropriate method in each phase of a
project. These , and others, are various tools in the system engineer s toolbox; the engineer must select the proper
tool for the task at hand. To illustrate this point, this paper explores the complimentary aspects of DoDAF, DEVS,
HLA, UML, and MDA.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 0830-0900, SMS COMPOSE forum
208
07F-SIW-104
CLARIFYING VALIDATION FOR AGENT BASED SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Lisa Jean Moya, Simone Youngblood
EMAIL: lmoya@werneranderson.com
ABSTRACT: Validation has long been recognized as critical to the credible use of any model and simulation.
The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Energy, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the U.K.
Ministry of Defence among others all have a definition for validation. While these definitions differ slightly in
language and application, each has three main components: the thing to be simulated, the real world referent; the
simulation model; and a bounding principle, the accuracy required for the intended use. However, even with these
common concepts within the definitions, these terms are not widely understood. In a recent workshop on the
validation requirements for agent based simulations in military applications, it became clear that clarification of
the terms intended use, real world, and accuracy were required before the definition could be applied to develop an
agent based simulation validation framework. This paper discusses the results from this workshop, suggests ways
to interpret the validation definition in the agent based simulations, and discusses ways of applying the definition
across the domain of interest to that workshop.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Dolphin Room, 0930-1000, VV&A forum
209
07F-SIW-106
MANAGING SIMULATION TO C4I ENTITY MAPPINGS BY STANDARD COMPOSITIONS
AUTHOR(s): Kevin Gupton, Bruce Carlton, Gary Farmer, Carolyn Hare
EMAIL: kgupton@arlut.utexas.edu
ABSTRACT: A prime component in achieving interoperability between C4I systems and simulations has been
resolving the misalignment of concept models and representations between the two communities. The paradigms
by which each C4I system and simulation represent equipment and modeled entities has been particularly
challenging, the problem arising most prominently in attempts to use C4I source data in preparation of data
products for initialization of simulations. Simulations used in conjunction with live C4I systems need to know the
‘ground truth’ configuration of the live entities to achieve a consistent common operating picture. Simulations
utilize common entity representations such as DIS Enumerations. C4I systems represent equipment items’and thus,
entities relevant to simulations’ in terms of basic piece items identified by a National Stock Number (NSN) or
something similar.
If the process of initializing simulations with ‘ground truth’ entities is to be automated and generalized to operate
‘on the fly’, the problem of mapping source data representations (e.g., NSNs) to simulation specific
representations (e.g., DIS enumerations) must be addressed rigorously. The current process of defining entities by
their types within a simulation is a manual one, whereby the deduction of appropriate entity types is performed by
a human operator, introducing errors, subjectivity, and time costs.
Rather than directly proposing a strict set of mappings by which an organization employing DIS enumerations
might be required to follow, we propose an architectural framework for representing and managing NSN-to-DIS
enumerations. Borrowing from the OBJECT-ITEM-ESTABLISHMENT structure of the JC3IEDM, we developed
data models and mapping management software with which mappings can be defined and managed by a human
operator. Mappings are formed by decomposing entity types (DIS enumerations) into a data graph, or
‘composition’, of primitive equipment types identified by their NSNs. Compositions are typically defined to be a
primary equipment item (e.g., vehicle or aircraft) potentially containing additional, nonstandard equipment items
(e.g., weapons or sensors). Mapping interpretation software libraries have been built to autonomously perform the
translation of source data into the simulation-specific entity types. Mappings are used as a sort of inclusion filter
by which entities in C4I data may be sieved and classified based on well defined rules and structures. Situations
where multiple equipment NSNs might map into a single entity type are handled through use of substitution
groups which might be defined as part of the mappings. This approach has been demonstrated to be very
successful in automating the translation process. Not only have the mappings shown potential savings in data
preparation time, but the architecture explained here has made the definition of mappings to be adaptable and
modifiable. Since the mappings vary between organizations and the mappings thus far have not been well defined,
this adaptability has been crucial as the understanding of the manual translation process has evolved. Mappings
can solidify from ‘best fit’ approximations into strictly enforced definitions. This solution can be adapted or
generalized for any source data with some representation other than NSNs and any federation with some entity
representation other than DIS enumerations. On a broader scale, this architectural framework lays the foundation
for standardizing these mappings across multiple simulations, federations, and simulation sites, contributing to the
interoperability of C4I systems, JC3IEDM, and simulation entity models such as DIS.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Sanibel Room, 1130-1200, C2/MS forum
- Nominated for 2007 Fall “SIWzie” Award
210
07F-SIW-107
TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF SIMULATION
AUTHOR(s): Eric Weisel
EMAIL: eweisel@werneranderson.com
ABSTRACT: A comprehensive theory of simulation science has eluded the simulation community for decades.
The science of simulation finds it foundation in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. In previous
papers, a theoretical foundation for simulation, suitable for reasoning on distributed, component-based simulation,
was developed. Within this theoretical framework, bisimulation, which is a general relation between the states of
labeled transition simulations, is specialized with the addition of a validity metric, and shown to serve as a formal
definition of validity. The power of different validity metrics to represent application-specific validity is explained.
Classes of models are defined and compared with the models used in simulation. This theory provides a
foundation for distributed, component-based simulation. This paper outlines those foundations with specific M&S
work and provided a roadmap for a comprehensive theory.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1100-1130, SMS COMPOSE forum
07F-SIW-109
THE USE OF MOD ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK VIEWS IN SUPPORT OF VALIDATION AND
VERIFICATION OF SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTS
AUTHOR(s): Jonathan Read, John Kent
EMAIL: jmread@QinetiQ.com
ABSTRACT: The MOD Architectural Framework (MODAF) is the UK equivalent of the DOD Architectural
Framework (DODAF). MODAF encompasses all of the DODAF system and operational views and extends
DODAF through the inclusion of some UK specific views. MODAF views form the basis of the conceptual model
for many Synthetic Environment (SE) representations of the battlespace. As such they are a fundamental part of
the necessary Validation and Verification activities required to prove that a particular SE is fit for purpose. This
paper examines the relationship between the MODAF and SE architecture development approaches and identifies
the information flows from MODAF and SE design into the UK Defence Standard SE Validation and Verification
process. Practical examples will be used to study the issues involved in translating MODAF views into SE
implementations and the related Validation &Verification information generated in the translation process. The
benefits of establishing the relationship between MODAF views and SE design documentation early in the FEDEP
process will be articulated.
This paper is being presented: Due to time constraints, this paper is not being presented but is recommended for
publication in the 2007 Fall Proceedings by the VV&A forum.
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07F-SIW-111
CREATING A DISTRIBUTED SYNTHETIC BATTLESPACE FOR JOINT WARFIGHTER TRAINING
AUTHOR(s): Joe Sorroche Jr., Maj. John Grevin
EMAIL: :joe.sorroche@kirtland.af.mil
ABSTRACT: The U.S. Air Force Distributed Warfare Group located at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New
Mexico provides realistic training to warfighters using a relatively new concept known as Distributed Mission
Operations (DMO). For this distributed training to be as realistic and effective as possible, it incorporates not only
Air Force assets and personnel but Army, Navy, Marine and coalition force resources as well. To accomplish this
extraordinary feat, a synthetic environment is created in the form of a virtual ‘battlespace’ which is then
distributed to warfighters throughout the U.S. and overseas using real-world equipment, various virtual
simulations, and Computer Generated Forces (CGF). The synthetic battlespace provides the warfighter tactical to
operational-level, sensor-to-shooter training during VIRTUAL FLAG (VF) exercises, and operational training
encompassing integration of all Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) divisions in BLUE FLAG (BF) exercises.
These award winning events have also been merged with Exercise RED FLAG (RF) to create the first Live,
Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) synthetic battlespace in joint force training. These are some of the most
successful applications of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) for warfighter training. The applications span the full
spectrum of warfighter training beyond individual and mission qualification training toward mission rehearsal. The
training concentrates on team, inter-team, large force, and theater-level employment and can concentrate on
smaller, focused scenarios involving Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Close Air Support (CAS), Time
Sensitive Targeting (TST), etc or simply incorporate these into much larger, more complex training exercises.
Additionally, modeling and simulation is used to create a similar virtual and constructive environment to train
warfighters who plan and execute wars from an operational perspective. These exercises enhance the readiness of
AOC operators and help develop proficiency and familiarization for the many augmenters required in large scale
combat operations. Individual flight simulators have been available for several years, but technological
improvements and successful application of these advances have allowed the creation of synthetic battlespaces for
distributed, integrated warfighter training.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Sanibel Room, 0830-0900, C2/MS forum
Tuesday, Biscayne Room, 1330-1400, TRAIN forum
212
07F-SIW-114
“HARMONIZATION” AS AN APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SPACE
SIMULATION
AUTHOR(s): Priscilla Elfrey, Joni Richards, Luis Arguello
EMAIL: priscilla.r.elfrey@nasa.gov
ABSTRACT: 'Harmonization,' an European Space Agency's term related to interoperability, proves useful in
discussing simulation for space where humans, simulation, hardware, including robots, and data must work
together well. Harmonization connotes that we do not have to do everything the same way nor use the same words,
but that what we do must come together in a positive and useful manner. In moving off the planet, we anticipate
time spans of a century and more, with highly dispersed expert teams, systems that must endure or adapt as
missions, teams and technology change. NASA uses simulation of varying degrees of fidelity for life cycle:
planning, design, analysis, validation, verification, test, checkout, operations, review or evaluation and training. .
With space exploration as our goal, we have a grand stimulus for innovative thinking across traditional boundaries
of industry practices and geography. This paper will describe discussions and activities underway with the
European Space Agency to find commonalities in definitions, programmatic use and best practices as a first step
toward international standards for space.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1600-1630, Space Forum
- Nominated for 2007 “SIWzie “Awarded
07F-SIW-116
PRACTICAL APPROACH FOR VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF TEST EVENT
FEDERATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Joseph M. Olah
EMAIL: olah@stcnet.com
ABSTRACT: This paper gives a practical approach to the verification and validation (V&V) of system of
systems (SoS) federations. Theoretical V&V assumes a given software development process and that the V&V
planning has started before the development process, and resources allow an embedded V&V team. However, this
paper describes an approach to use where the development processes are not adequately defined, code is already
being written, many vendors are writing the code, and the federation V&V team is small and on the outside. The
paper starts with the basic definitions from Army modeling & simulation and verification and validation
documents to clarify common misconceptions. From these definitions, the relative values of various V&V
activities are given. Different layers of V&V oversight and their responsibilities are discussed, and metrics are
suggested. The end product is a practical approach to ensure that the federations are correct and complete.
This paper is being presented:
Tuesday; Captiva Room, 1130-1200, T&E forum
213
07F-SIW-117
AUTOMATIC AND REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF NASA CONSTELLATION VEHICLE
SIMULATIONS
AUTHOR(s): Wesley N. Colley, Gregory S.Reed
EMAIL: colleyw@uah.edu
ABSTRACT: NASA’s Constellation program aims to provide more frequent and more reliable travel into space,
with an ultimate goal of missions to the moon and Mars. The program is generating a new series of launch vehicles
and spacecraft to replace the current Space Transportation System. NASA uses several in-house tools to support
the Constellation development, including the orbit propagation tools Maveric, POST, and OTIS. NASA uses both
commercial and in-house software for visualization of the orbit scenarios produced by these tools. In many cases,
the translation from the tools raw data output to visualization software has involved time-consuming manual
editing of output files. We have developed two tools that provide a much faster, more automated approach to this
translation. The first is a simple, low-overhead Perl code that automatically parses the raw output from NASA’s
propagation tools to extract relevant data for visualization. The tool automatically communicates the data from
within Perl to the visualization software via TCP/IP. The second tool is a full-up HLA federate that federates with
NASA's Distributed Space Exploration Simulation (DSES) to gather relevant data from the federation and feed it
to the visualization software in real time, again via TCP/IP. Currently our tools link with Satellite Toolkit, a
commercial visualization product in wide use at Marshall Space Flight Center, but could be readily extended to
link with other visualization packages with network ready APIs.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Largo Room, 1035-1100, IO-ISR forum
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1630-1700, SPACE forum
- Nominated for 2007 “SIWzie “Awarded
214
07F-SIW-118
THE PORTICO PROJECT: A FUNDED OPEN-SOURCE INITIATIVE
AUTHOR(s): Tim Pokorny
EMAIL: t.pokorny@ballarat.edu.au
ABSTRACT: Over the past five years the use of Open Source Software (OSS) has become increasingly prevalent
in all domains of software development.
Of particular note is the level of acceptance OSS has gained in the commercial sector. With the advent of licenses
that are designed specifically to permit the use of OSS along side proprietary code, more and more commercial
applications are beginning to leverage the significant benefits these free alternatives provide.
Open source projects have the ability to provide numerous advantages over their proprietary counterparts. Apart
from being free of licensing costs, they provide users with the right to modify and redistribute the project
according to their requirements. Further, open source projects tend to be more agile and responsive, especially
with regard to bug fixes and the development of cutting edge features.
Despite these advantages the use of OSS within the HLA community has been noticeably lackluster. However, a
small number of projects are now beginning to appear and their use is starting to increase. One such example is the
Portico Project. Portico was founded with the goal of producing a high quality open source Run-Time
Infrastructure (RTI) that addressed many of the common shortcomings of open source projects (such as usability
issues, testing and a systemic lack of documentation). Realizing the potential benefits such a project could provide,
the Australian Defense Force (ADF) have provided funding to aid in the development of Portico and to help turn it
into a professional quality RTI implementation that can evolve to become a drop-in replacement for current
commercial offerings. This paper describes some of the key features provided by the Portico Project along with the
community development and professional support plans.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Biscayne Room, 1600-1630, CFI forum
215
07F-SIW-119
PURSUIT OF COMPOSABILITY AND A DIRECTION TOWARDS A GENERAL FRAMEWORK TO
SHOW COMPOSABILITY
AUTHOR(s): Wesley Ishom
EMAIL: wishom@odu.edu
ABSTRACT: The modeling and simulation community has recognized that model composability is important to
the future goals and demands for reuse of components. Composability Research has identified factors that need to
be addressed for composability to be improved. Various approaches and technological methods are being
discussed and researched in the pursuit of composability. This paper aims to summarize these developments for
those new to this area of modeling and simulation, and to raise awareness for the importance of outlining a general
framework to show composability. First composability is introduced and there is an attempt to chronicle some
important milestones. Next factors that cause composability problems are discussed. Then there is a discussion of
the main technological approaches for the improvement of composability. These approaches include work with
model based data engineering, adaptive generative grammar with atomic and composite services, ontology, and
agents. Next some information about combining the technologies towards a Dynamic Web solution is given. The
paper finishes with a preliminary list of possible ingredients to be included in an outline of a general framework to
show composability. Appendices provided are an acronym list and a definition section.
This paper is being presented:
Wednesday; Captiva Room, 1030-1100, SMS COMPOSE forum
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AUTHOR INDEX
AUTHOR INDEX
A
Abbott, Jeff
Abbott, Jeff
Abdullah, Dr. Makola M.
Adak, Mehmet
Adelanatado, Martin
Akgün, Dr. Sevgi
Allen, Kevin
Alliger, George M.
07F-SIW-016
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-048
07F-SIW-052
07F-SIW-075
07F-SIW-057
07F-SIW-094
07F-SIW-065
Al-Nashif, Youssif
Andrews, Dr. Anya A.
Arguello, Luis
Asklöf, Björn
Avcibasi, Yasir Kurtulus
07F-SIW-002
07F-SIW-030
07F-SIW-114
07F-SIW-063
07F-SIW-059
AcuSoft
AcuSoft
Florida A&M University
METU
M&S Coordination Office
TÜBITAK MAM BTE
GDAIS
The Group for Organizational
Effectiveness, Inc
University of Arizona
Novonics Corporation
European Space Agency
University of Skövde
TUBITAK
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Turkey
USA
USA
USA
USA
Belgium
Sweden
Turkey
B
Bachman, Jane T.
Baetz, William
07F-SIW-010
07F-SIW-065
NSWCDD TEAMS
The Group for Organizational
Effectiveness, Inc
Carleton University
Calculated Insight
Air Force Research Lab
TUBITAK
Air Force Research La
Metu TechnoPolis ODTU
Middle East Technical University
MOVES Institute, Naval
Postgraduate School
MOVES Institute, Naval
Postgraduate School
MOVES Institute, Naval
Postgraduate School
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
USA
USA
Bailetti, Tony
Banks, Dr. Sheila B.
Barrera, Capt. Kristen
Basturk, Tolga
Bennett Jr., Winston
Bikmaz, Ismail
Bilgen, Semih
Blais, Curtis
07F-SIW-078
07F-SIW-099
07F-SIW-065
07F-SIW-059
07F-SIW-065
07F-SIW-057
07F-SIW-031
07F-SIW-017
Blais, Curtis
07F-SIW-051
Blais, Curtis
07F-SIW-068
Boomgaardt, J.J.
07F-SIW-009
Borah, Jake
Box, Daniel
Brax, Christopher
Broyles, David H.
07F-SIW-012
07F-SIW-039
07F-SIW-063
07F-SIW-068
AEgis Technologies Group, Inc.
Auburn University
Saab Microwave Systems
Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Center Charleston
Carlton, Bruce
Carothers, Michael
Ceranowicz, Andy
Chase, Tram
Chen,Yu Zong
Coleman, David S.
Colley, Wesley N.
07F-SIW-106
07F-SIW-098
07F-SIW-049
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-050
07F-SIW-072
07F-SIW-117
ARL:UT
ORSA Corp.
Alion Science and Technology
SimVentions Inc.
National University of Singapore
Sonalysts Inc.
University Of Alabama
USA
USA
USA
USA
Singapore
USA
USA
Coolahan, Dr. James E.
07F-SIW-048
Johns Hopkins University Applied
USA
Canada
USA
USA
Turkey
USA
Turkey
Turkey
USA
USA
USA
The
Netherlands
USA
USA
Sweden
USA
C
223
AUTHOR INDEX
07F-SIW-072
07F-SIW-023
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-002
07F-SIW-075
07F-SIW-058
Physics Laboratory
Sonalysts Inc.
AFRL
Northrop Grumman Corp
University of Arizona
Alion Science and Technology
AEgis Technologies Group
De Kraker, K.J.
07F-SIW-009
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
Delane, Nathan
Destanoglu, Onur
Devivi, Anthony
Diallo, Saikou Y.
Diallo, Saikou Y.
Diallo, Saikou Y.
Diederich, David
Dietz, Laura R.
Dikenelli, Oguz
Dikenelli, Oğuz
Duquette, Matthew
Duvenhage, Arno
07F-SIW-044
07F-SIW-059
07F-SIW-005
07F-SIW-047
07F-SIW-054
07F-SIW-061
07F-SIW-077
07F-SIW-072
07F-SIW-057
07F-SIW-059
07F-SIW-094
07F-SIW-022
EG&G Technical Services
TUBITAK
Northrop Grumman
VMASC
VMASC
VMASC
Applied Research Laboratory
Sonalysts Inc.
TUBITAK MAM BTE
TÜB0TAK MAM BTE
AFRL/VACD
CSIR, South Africa
The
Netherlands
USA
Turkey
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Turkey
Turkey
USA
South Africa
07F-SIW-064
07F-SIW-088
07F-SIW-114
07F-SIW-059
AFRL/HEC
SRI International
NASA
TUBITAK
USA
USA
USA
Turkey
07F-SIW-106
07F-SIW-076
07F-SIW-088
07F-SIW-096
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-084
ARL:UT
SAIC
SRI International
SRI International
US Army TRADOC
BAE Systems
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Gagnon, Francois
Giannoulis, Constantinos
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-015
Canada
Sweden
Givens, Bret
Glennon, Scott
Goerger, Dr. Niki C.
Goerger, LTC Simon R.
Goodyear, Craig
07F-SIW-094
07F-SIW-011
07F-SIW-060
07F-SIW-060
07F-SIW-020
Grevin, Maj. John
Griffin, MAJ Gregory C.
Gross, Dr. David
Gupton, Kevin
Gupton, Kevin
07F-SIW-111
07F-SIW-060
07F-SIW-085
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-106
CAE
Royal Institute of Technology &
Stockholm University
Infoscitex Corp.
Raytheon
ERDC
US Army Central Command
USAF Distributed Mission
Operations Center
USAF DMOC
United States Military Academy
The Boeing Company
ACSIS/ARL-UT
ACSIS/ARL:UT
Costello, Robert P.
Covas, Christine M.
Covelli, Javier (Jeff)
Cox, Don P.
Crooks, Mark
Cutts, Dannie E.
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
D
E
Eggleston, Dr. Robert G.
Elenius, Daniel
Elfrey, Priscilla
Eroglu, Omer
F
Farmer, Gary
Faulk, Mark A,
Ford, Dr. Reginald
Ford, Dr. Reginald
Fraka, Mike
Fulton, Dale
G
224
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
AUTHOR INDEX
Gustavson, Paul
Gustavsson, Per M.
Gustavsson, Per M.
Gustavsson, Per M.
07F-SIW-069
07F-SIW-016
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-063
SimVentions Inc.
Saab Microwave Systems
Saab Microwave Systems
Saab Microwave Systems
USA
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
Hale, J.P.
Hamilton Jr., John A.
Hamilton, MAJ Stephen S.
Hanz, David
Hare, Carolyn
Hariri, Dr. Salim
Harkrider, Susan
Harkrider, Susan
Hartway, B.L.
Hassaine, Dr. Fawzi
07F-SIW-042
07F-SIW-039
07F-SIW-039
07F-SIW-088
07F-SIW-106
07F-SIW-002
07F-SIW-098
07F-SIW-101
07F-SIW-042
07F-SIW-024
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Sweden
Helfinstine, Bill
Hester, Lynda R.
Hieb, Dr. Michael R.
Hieb, Dr. Michael R.
Hobson, LTC (Ret.)Brian K.
Hobson, LTC (Ret.)Brian K.
Holben, Scott
Hollenbach, James W.
Horiatis, Zachary
Huiskamp, Wim
07F-SIW-049
07F-SIW-010
07F-SIW-016
07F-SIW-051
07F-SIW-019
07F-SIW-101
07F-SIW-025
07F-SIW-067
07F-SIW-032
07F-SIW-038
NASA/MSFC
Auburn University
US Army - Auburn University
SRI International
ARL:UT
University of Arizona
3CE/RDECOM
3CE/RDECOM
AEgis Technologies
Defence Materiel Administration
(FMV)
Lockheed Martin
NSWCDD TEAMS
George Mason University
George Mason University
Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton
Gestalt-LLC
Simulation Strategies Inc. Support
Lockheed Martin - ATL
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
Huiskamp, Wim
07F-SIW-058
TNO Defence, Security and Safety
Hurt, Tom
07F-SIW-098
US Army Research, Development
and Engineering Command
07F-SIW-075
07F-SIW-119
07F-SIW-048
DGA/DET/SAIS/IOS
VMASC
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
USA
USA
USA
Jain, Sanjay
Jansen, Roger
07F-SIW-013
07F-SIW-038
The George Washington University
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
Johansson, Bjorn
Johansson, Marcus
Johnson, Dr. Mark
Johnson, Eric M.
Johnson, Eric M.
Johnston, Keith
Jones, Michael C.
07F-SIW-034
07F-SIW-034
07F-SIW-088
07F-SIW-019
07F-SIW-101
07F-SIW-101
07F-SIW-103
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
SRI International
TRADOC Analysis Center
TRADOC Analysis Center
Booz Allen Hamilton
VMASC, ODU
USA
The
Netherlands
Sweden
Sweden
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
07F-SIW-015
Royal Institute of Technology &
Sweden
H
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
The
Netherlands
The
Netherlands
USA
I
Igarza, Dr. Jean-Louis
Ishom, Wesley
Ito, Dr. Yasushi
J
K
Kabilan,Vandana
225
AUTHOR INDEX
Kaisar, Dr. Evangelos I.
Kane, Michael T.
07F-SIW-048
07F-SIW-048
Kearley, John
Kearley, John
Kemper, Brian
Kenneth, Peplow
Kent, John
Kim, Doohwan
Kim, Taekyu
King, Robert D.
Kobryn, Chris
Konicki, Thad
Koomullil, Dr. Roy P.
07F-SIW-051
07F-SIW-052
07F-SIW-076
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-109
07F-SIW-084
07F-SIW-084
07F-SIW-066
07F-SIW-096
07F-SIW-032
07F-SIW-048
Kuijper, Frido
07F-SIW-029
Stockholm University
Florida Atlantic University
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
Dynamics Research Corporation
Dynamics Research Corporation
PEO STRI
SAIC/OneSAG
QinetiQ
RTSync Corp
University of Arizona
Old Dominion University
PivotPoint Technology Corp
Lockheed Martin ATL
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
UK
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
The
Netherlands
L
Lallement, Pierre
Le Roux, Willem
Lee, Ho Jun
Lee, Y. Tina
07F-SIW-077
07F-SIW-022
07F-SIW-084
07F-SIW-013
07F-SIW-024
07F-SIW-069
07F-SIW-008
07F-SIW-058
07F-SIW-041
07F-SIW-083
07F-SIW-069
Applied Research Laboratory
CSIR, South Africa
University of Arizona
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
National Institute of Standards &
Technology
National University of Defence
Technology
National Institute of Standards &
Technology
George Mason University
National University of Defence
Technology
The Forestry Research Institute of
Sweden
Pitch Technologies AB
Pitch Technologies AB
Lockheed Martin
Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company
Johns Hopkins AP
Lee, Y. Tina
07F-SIW-034
Lei, Dr. Yonglin
07F-SIW-026
Leong, Swee
07F-SIW-034
Levine, Dr. Stan
Li, Qun
07F-SIW-051
07F-SIW-026
Löfgren, Björn
07F-SIW-027
Löfstrand, Björn
Löfstrand, Björn
Longtin, Michael J.
Loper, Dr. Margaret
Lowe, Paul N.
Lowe, Paul N.
Lutz, Bob
USA
South Africa
USA
USA
Sweden
Sweden
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
07F-SIW-040
07F-SIW-098
07F-SIW-076
07F-SIW-073
07F-SIW-075
07F-SIW-037
Lockheed Martin STS
Raytheon-VTC
SAIC
Crisis Management Support
Capgemini
U.S. Army RDECOM-STTC
USA
USA
USA
Sweden
USA
USA
USA
China
USA
USA
China
Sweden
M
Macannuco, David
Mangieri, Richard
Marrou, Lance R.
Mattson, Anders
Mauget, Régis
Mayo, Michelle
226
AUTHOR INDEX
McCracken, Dr. James R.
McDonnell, Dr. Joseph
McGlynn, Lana
McLean, Charles R.
07F-SIW-064
07F-SIW-101
07F-SIW-098
07F-SIW-013
Meyer, Christophe
07F-SIW-001
Molla, Ayhan
Möller, Björn
Morse, Dr. Katherine L.
Moya, Lisa Jean
Moya, Lisa Jean
Moyer, Dale
Moyer, Dale
Mutschler, David W.
07F-SIW-052
07F-SIW-069
07F-SIW-083
07F-SIW-104
07F-SIW-107
07F-SIW-014
07F-SIW-040
07F-SIW-033
The Design Knowledge Company
Dynamic Animation Systems
McGlynn Consulting Group
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
THALES - Security Solutions and
Services Division
METU
Pitch Technologies
SAIC
WernerAnderson, Inc
WernerAnderson, Inc.
Lockheed Martin STS
Lockheed Martin STS
Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR)
USA
USA
USA
USA
France
USA
Sweden
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
N
Narigon, Daniel
Ng, Gee Wah
Nilsson, Sten-Åke
07F-SIW-065
07F-SIW-050
07F-SIW-015
Alion Science and Technology
DSO National Laboratories
Swedish Defense Research Agency
(FOI)
USA
Singapore
Sweden
O’guztüzün, Halit
Ohlsson, Kjell
Öhlund, Gunnar
07F-SIW-052
07F-SIW-027
07F-SIW-024
USA
Sweden
Sweden
Olah, Joseph M.
07F-SIW-116
Ong, Wee Sze
07F-SIW-050
METU
HMI, IKP
Defence Materiel Administration
(FMV)
Science and Technology Corp
(STC)
DSO National Laboratories
O
USA
Singapore
P
Padilla, Steve
07F-SIW-020
Pandolfo, Cynthia
Park, Jennifer
07F-SIW-051
07F-SIW-044
Parry, Adam
Pearce, Trevor W.
Phillips, Robert G.
Pispitsos, Stelios
Pokorny, Tim
Prins, Louwrens
07F-SIW-094
07F-SIW-078
07F-SIW-007
07F-SIW-011
07F-SIW-118
07F-SIW-038
USAF Distributed Mission
Operations Center
Gestalt LLC
Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Center San Diego
AFRL/VACD
Carleton University
L-3 Communications
Raytheon
University of Ballarat
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
USA
Prochnow, David
Pullen, Dr. J. Mark
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-051
The MITRE Corp
George Mason University
USA
Canada
USA
USA
Australia
The
Netherlands
USA
USA
07F-SIW-109
07F-SIW-117
07F-SIW-114
07F-SIW-010
QinetiQ
University of Alabama
NASA
Marine Corps Combat
UK
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
R
Read, Jonathan
Reed, Gregory S.
Richards, Joni
Richardson, Capt. Earl O.
227
AUTHOR INDEX
Richmond, Dr. Paul W.
07F-SIW-060
Riddick, Frank
07F-SIW-034
Riecken, Dr. Mark E.
Roberts, John
Robinett, Brent
Rowe, Steve
Roy, Kristen
07F-SIW-041
07F-SIW-051
07F-SIW-095
07F-SIW-089
07F-SIW-081
Development Command (MCCDC)
US Army Research and
Development Center
National Institute of Standards &
Technology
SAIC
Atlantic Consulting Services Inc.
Advanced Interactive Systems
Cybernet Systems Corp.
Alion Science and Technology, Inc
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
S
Sarioglu, Kaan
Saunders, Randy
Schloman, John F.
07F-SIW-052
07F-SIW-075
07F-SIW-048
METU
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
USA
USA
USA
Scrudder, Roy
Segre, Dr. Alberto Maria
Sekar, Arvind
Sevilgen, F. Erdogan
Sheppard, Arthur B.
Shockley, John
Sidran, David Ezra
Silfwerbrand, Lykke
Skowronski, Victor
Slater, Michael
Smelik, R.M.
07F-SIW-075
07F-SIW-021
07F-SIW-095
07F-SIW-059
07F-SIW-036
07F-SIW-096
07F-SIW-021
07F-SIW-073
07F-SIW-011
07F-SIW-023
07F-SIW-009
M&S Coordination Office
University of Iowa
Advanced Interactive Systems
GYTE
Wireless Facilities Inc.
SRI International
University of Iowa
Crisis Management Support
Raytheon
AFRL
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
Smith, Alan M.
Solter, Hurcan Gokce
Sorroche Jr., Jospeh
Steinman, Dr. Jeffrey S.
Steinman, Dr. Jeffrey S.
Stoudenmire, Eugene
Stutzman, Marcy
07F-SIW-048
07F-SIW-059
07F-SIW-111
07F-SIW-044
07F-SIW-045
07F-SIW-081
07F-SIW-068
Stytz, Dr. Martin R.
Svan, Pernilla
07F-SIW-099
07F-SIW-015
University of Alabama
TUBITAK
USAF DMOC
WarpIV Technologies, Inc
WarpIV Technologies, Inc.
Alion Science and Technology, Inc
Northrop Grumman Space &
Mission Systems Corporation
Self-employed
Swedish Defense Research Agency
(FOI)
USA
USA
USA
Turkey
USA
USA
USA
Sweden
USA
USA
The
Netherlands
USA
Turkey
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Sweden
T
Tanriöver, Özgür
Tasdelen, Isa
Tasdelen, Isa
Tay, Victor
07F-SIW-031
07F-SIW-057
07F-SIW-059
07F-SIW-050
Teague, MAJ Ed
Thomas, D.A.
Timar, Yasemin
Tolk Dr. Andreas
07F-SIW-060
07F-SIW-042
07F-SIW-057
07F-SIW-047
Banking Regulation Agency
TÜBITAK MAM BTE
TUBITAK MAM BTE
Defence Science and Technology
Agency
United States Military Academy
AEgis Technologies
TÜBITAK MAM BTE
Old Dominion University
228
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Singapore
USA
USA
Turkey
USA
AUTHOR INDEX
Tolk, Dr. Andreas
Tolk, Dr. Andreas
Topçu, Okan
Torpey, Mark
Truelove, Michael R.
Tucker, William V.
Turnitsa, Charles
07F-SIW-054
07F-SIW-061
07F-SIW-052
07F-SIW-049
07F-SIW-067
07F-SIW-085
07F-SIW-047
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
07F-SIW-076
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
METU
Lockheed Martin
SAIC Support to ODUS
The Boeing Company
Virginia Modeling Analysis and
Simulation Center
Virginia Modeling Analysis &
Simulation Center
Lockheed Martin STS
Turnitsa, Charles
07F-SIW-054
Tyson, Terry B.
van den Heuvel, Frank
07F-SIW-029
CycloMedia Technology
van Son, Rob
07F-SIW-029
TNO Defence, Safety and Security
The
Netherlands
The
Netherlands
Wagner, Christopher R.
Walsh, Kenneth K.
Walter, Bruce “Wally”
Wang, Wei-ping
07F-SIW-089
07F-SIW-048
07F-SIW-044
07F-SIW-026
Wang, Wen-guang
07F-SIW-026
Watkins, Jim
Watson, Paul
Wedgwood, Janet
Weisel, Dr. Eric W.
Weisel, Dr. Eric W.
Weisel, Dr. Eric W.
White, Michael A.
Wikander, Jan
Wittman, Dr. Robert
Wright, Kecia
07F-SIW-077
07F-SIW-041
07F-SIW-032
07F-SIW-061
07F-SIW-103
07F-SIW-107
07F-SIW-081
07F-SIW-027
07F-SIW-017
07F-SIW-010
Cybernet Systems Corp.
Florida A&M University
L3-Titan
National University of Defence
Technology
National University of Defence
Technology
Applied Research Lab
US Army PEO STRI
Lockheed Martin ATL
WernerAnderson, Inc.
WernerAnderson, Inc
WernerAnderson, Inc
Alion Science and Technology, Inc
Royal Institute of Technology
The MITRE Corp.
NSWCDD TEAMS
USA
USA
V
W
USA
USA
USA
China
China
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Sweden
USA
USA
Y
Yap, Dr. Chun Wei
Yeakel, William
Youngblood, Simone
07F-SIW-050
07F-SIW-098
07F-SIW-104
National University of Singapore
ORSA Corp.
Modeling and Simulation
Coordination Office
Singapore
USA
USA
07F-SIW-084
University of Arizona
USA
Z
Zeigler, Bernard P.
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