Investigating the Application
of Web-Based Simulation Principles within the Architecture for a Next-Generation
Computer Generated Forces Model
December 2000
Ernest H. Page, The MITRE Corporation
Je ffrey M. Opper, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
With a heavy emphasis on distribution and reuse, web-based simulation
portends a dramatic shift in the application of simulation as a problem-solving
technique and decision-support tool. Next-generation simulation systems
of all kinds should be evaluated and constructed with an appreciation
of the potential paradigm shift that web-based simulation represents.
Fiscal constraints indicate that next-generation computer generated
forces (CGF) models will be used to support a wide range of missions,
unifying|and replacing|a variety of CGF systems currently in existence.
We describe the evolution of web-based simulation and derive a collection
of modeling principles that characterize our vision of the web-based
simulation future. We examine these principles in terms of their implications
for next-generation CGF systems.
Additional Search Keywords
Computer-generated forces, High Level Architecture, Semi-automated
forces, Web-based simulation.
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