Combining the Model/View/Control Design Pattern with the DEVS …

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design pattern is demonstrated through its application in a simulation based test signal generator … This paper presents a design pattern for constructing …

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Combining the Model/View/Control Design Pattern with the DEVS Formalism to Achieve Rigor and Reusability in Distributed
Simulation
James Nutaro
Joint Interoperability Test Command
Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation
nutaro@ece.arizona.edu
Phil Hammonds
Joint Interoperability Test Command
Northrop Grumman Information Systems
hammondp@fhu.disa.mil
Defense-related simulation efforts are increasingly focused on component-based simulation development. This focus is reflected in efforts to design new simulation software in terms of interacting components that can be understood and reused in isolation or collectively and to modify legacy simulators to incorporate new component-based simulation technology. A strong, new capability to modify simulation software is necessary to make component-based simulation development a reality. Such a capability can only be realized by incorporating sound modeling and simulation principles and a clear separation of concerns between models, simulators, and distributed computing. This paper presents a design pattern that supports the construction of adaptable simulation software via an extension of the Model/View/Control design pattern. The resulting Model/Simulator/View/Control pattern incorporates key concepts from the DEVS modeling and simulation methodology in order to promote a separation of modeling, simulation, and distributed…