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Last updated: 4 November 1998
| Title: | Theory and Practice in User-Composable Simulation Systems |
| Sponsor: | DARPA |
| Program Manager: | Dell Lunceford / Larry Willis |
| Level of Effort: | 0.5 Staff Years for FY99 |
| Investigators: | Ernie Page |
| Jeff Opper |
Composability is an often-touted systems objective in today's marketplace of ``component'' technologies. The term is most often used to characterize the ease with which systems can be constructed -- or tailored -- from a collection of pre-defined elements.
As it is typically applied, however, the notion of composability is somewhat vague. Often, when accompanied by high degrees of vendor ``spin'', composability appears to be a silver bullet to slay the complexities of sotware development. Neither the limitations on composability nor the impact of achieving composability on other system objectives have been described.
The objectives of this research are to explore the fundamental nature of composability as a system objective, identify the inherent limitations associated with it -- if any -- and characterize it's place within the broader family of software system objectives. Our focus is on composable simulation systems, an area where composability seems highly desirable, but particularly challenging to realize.
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Last updated: 4 November 1998 |
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