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Guide to Modeling and Simulation of Systems of Systems

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Bernard P. Zeigler

    1. Chief Scientist, RTSync Corp., Rockville, USA

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  2. Hessam S. Sarjoughian

    1. Computer Science & Engineering Faculty, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

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  • The first book to present modeling and simulation to support the virtual build and test of systems of systems
  • Combines reader-friendly logical development and readability with technical exposition
  • Each chapter includes a summary, review questions and, when appropriate, case studies, exercises, and/or examples
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications (SFMA)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Basic Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Part I

    1. Modeling and Simulation of Systems of Systems

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 3-10

    2. DEVS Integrated Development Environments

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 11-26

    3. System Entity Structure Basics

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 27-37

    4. DEVS Natural Language Models and Elaborations

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 39-62

    5. Specialization and Pruning

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 63-70

    6. Aspects and Multi-aspects

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 71-86

    7. Managing Inheritance in Pruning

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 87-92

    8. Automated and Rule-Based Pruning

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 93-102

  4. Advanced Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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  5. Part II

    1. DEVS Simulation Protocol

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 105-124

    2. Dynamic Structure: Agent Modeling and Publish/Subscribe

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 125-143

    3. Interest-Based Information Exchange: Mappings and Models

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 145-164

    4. Languages for Constructing DEVS Models

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 165-176

  6. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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  7. Part III

    1. Flexible Modeling Support Environments

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 179-204

    2. Service-Based Software Systems

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 205-230

    3. Cloud System Simulation Modeling

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 231-257

    4. Model Repositories for Systems of Systems

      • Bernard P. Zeigler, Hessam S. Sarjoughian
      Pages 259-279
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About this book

This guide demonstrates how virtual build and test can be supported by the Discrete Event Systems Specification (DEVS) simulation modeling formalism, and the System Entity Structure (SES) simulation model ontology. The book examines a wide variety of Systems of Systems (SoS) problems, ranging from cloud computing systems to biological systems in agricultural food crops. Features: includes numerous exercises, examples and case studies throughout the text; presents a step-by-step introduction to DEVS concepts, encouraging hands-on practice to building sophisticated SoS models; illustrates virtual build and test for a variety of SoS applications using both commercial and open source DEVS simulation environments; introduces an approach based on activity concepts intrinsic to DEVS-based system design, that integrates both energy and information processing requirements; describes co-design modeling concepts and methods to capture separate and integrated software and hardware systems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chief Scientist, RTSync Corp., Rockville, USA

    Bernard P. Zeigler

  • Computer Science & Engineering Faculty, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Hessam S. Sarjoughian

About the authors

Dr. Bernard P. Zeigler is Emeritus Professor and Co-Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation (ACIMS), at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. He is also Chief Scientist at RTSync, Rockville, MD, USA.

Dr. Hessam S. Sarjoughian is Associate Professor and Co-Director of ACIMS at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.

The chapter Modeling and Simulation of Living Systems as Systems of Systems is written by Raphaël Duboz and Jean-Christophe Soulié of CIRAD (the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development), France.

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