A Survey and Preliminary Research on Service Federation Based Modeling and Simulation

Component composition method has always been an essential issue in the field of modeling and simulation (M&S). Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) is a traditional way to solve this problem. However, as the advancement of information technology including grid and cloud, DEVS encounters its shortcoming in the aspects of network reuse and composition definitions. To tackle this issue, modeling and simulation as a service was proposed. This paper mainly summaries the research efforts and conducts a preliminary research on service federation based modeling and simulation.