Software Frameworks for Model Composition

Autor: Mikel D. Petty, Jungyoon Kim, Salvador E. Barbosa, Jai-Jeong Pyun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, Vol 2014 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-5591
1687-5605
DOI: 10.1155/2014/492737
Popis: A software framework is an architecture or infrastructure intended to enable the integration and interoperation of software components. Specialized types of software frameworks are those specifically intended to support the composition of models or other components within a simulation system. Such frameworks are intended to simplify the process of assembling a complex model or simulation system from simpler component models as well as to promote the reuse of the component models. Several different types of software frameworks for model composition have been designed and implemented; those types include common library, product line architecture, interoperability protocol, object model, formal, and integrative environment. The various framework types have different components, processes for composing models, and intended applications. In this survey the fundamental terms and concepts of software frameworks for model composition are presented, the different types of such frameworks are explained and compared, and important examples of each type are described.
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