Research on applying JMASE to distributed simulation systems

JMASE is a modeling and simulation environment that provides capabilities for defining models, combining models into simulations, executing simulations, and post-processing the results. It is designed to support high-fidelity engineering-level analyses required for weapon system development and acquisition. But it is difficult for JMASE models to interact with other simulations because the standard of JMASE is not accepted widely. Since HLA is a general-purpose architecture designed for simulation reuse and interoperability, it will be the standard through which JMASE simulations will communicate with other distributed simulation systems. Based on the characteristics and functions of JMASE as well as the interface specification of HLA, a JMASE-HLA framework is developed and its design is detailed in this paper. The paper also illustrates how to develop or alter federates using the framework through two applied testing examples and validates the efficiency and correctness of the framework.