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An infusion of WWW technologies into the arena of computer simulation is underway. While these technologies alone may not surmount the fundamental challenges associated with computer simulation -- challenges that deal mainly with the modeling task -- WWW technologies, if appropriately harnessed, have the potential to significantly alter simulation modeling methodology in a variety of ways.
The MITRE Corporation is sponsoring a research effort in web-based simulation support. The primary objectives of this research involve techniques, methods and infrastructures for the design, development and execution of simulation programs in a "massively" distributed environment.
Project Information
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Activities
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| An online survey of web-based simulation. |
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| Assisted in the design of a Java-based prototype of runtime infrastructure for the DMSO-sponsored High Level Architecture. |
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| Helped establish the Special Interest Group on distributed simulation within the Object Management Group (OMG). |
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| Developed an on-line simulation of a multiple virtual storage computer system. |
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| Incorporated Remote Method Invocation capabilities into Simjava. |
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| Working with Digital Image Design, a leading company in the computer gaming industry, to incorporate an HLA interface within their new simulation engine. | 
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| Working with Thread Technologies, a leading vendor of Java-based simulation support packages, to incorporate support for HLA services within their Silk simulation package. | 
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Publications
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| Ernest H. Page and Jeffrey M. Opper. Investigating the Application of Web-Based Simulation Principles within the Architecture for a Next-Generation Computer Generated Forces Model, to appear in: Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier Science Publishing. |
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| Ernest H . Page. Beyond Speedup: PADS, the HLA and Web-Based Simulation, In: Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, R.M. Fujimoto and S. Turner, Eds., pp. 2-9, Atlanta, GA, 1-4 May 1999. |
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| Ernest H. Page, Arnold Buss, Paul A. Fishwick, Kevin J. Healy, Richard E. Nance and Ray J. Paul. Web-Based Simulation: Revolution or Evolution? submitted to: ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, April 1999. |
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| Ernest H. Page. The Rise of Web-Based Simulation: Implications for the High Level Architecture, In: Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 1663-1668, Washington, D.C., 13-16 December 1998. |
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| Ernest H. Page, Sean P. Griffin and S. Lynn Rother. Providing Conceptual Framework Support for Distributed Web-Based Simulation within the High Level Architecture, In: Proceedings of SPIE Vol 3369: Enabling Technology for Simulation Science II, pp. 287-292, Orlando, FL, 13-17 April 1998. |
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| Ernest H. Page, Arnold Buss, Paul A. Fishwick, Kevin J. Healy, Richard E. Nance and Ray J. Paul. The Modeling Methodological Impacts of Web-Based Simulation, In: Proceedings of the 1998 SCS International Conference on Web-Based Modeling and Simulation, pp. 123-128, San Diego, CA, 11-14 January 1998. |
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| Ernest H. Page, Robert L. Moose and Sean P. Griffin. Web-Based Simulation in Simjava using Remote Method Invocation, In: Proceedings of the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 468-474, Atlanta, GA, 7-10 December 1997. |
Websim Events
For more information, contact Ernie Page
(epage@mitre.org).