VLE - A Multimodeling and Simulation Environment
Gauthier Quesnel, Raphael Duboz, Eric Ramat and Mamadou Kaba Traoré
Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2007 (SCSC 2007)
San Diego, California (USA), July 15-18, 2007
Abstract
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is becoming the core of scientific activities addressing nature complexity. To tackle complex systems, we need to integrate heterogeneous formalisms in the same model. Models then become multimodels. Furthermore, M&S softwares have to assist take into account the M&S activity cycle, i.e. modellers to design and to implement models, to define experimental frames and to analyze simulation results. Therefore, the M&S field needs reliable softwares oriented towards multimodels design and execution. The aim of this paper is to introduce the Virtual Laboratory Environment (VLE). VLE is both, a software and an API which supports multimodeling and simulation. It addresses the reliability issue by using recent development of the theory of M&S proposed by Zeigler. We present VLE in the context of M&S cycle.