Observations on the complexity of composable simulation

A Product Trajectory-Driven Model Builder for Manufacturing Systems

“…An important advantage of the GTS approach is linked to the concept of model re-use (Brown and Powers, 2000). Some authors also talk about composable simulations (Page and Opper, 1999;Kasputis and Ng, 2000), where the modelling task can be reduced to a composition of simulation blocks.…”

“…The research presented in this paper is part of this complex dynamic systems modelling and identification problem; its behaviour cannot be represented accurately by mathematical equations. This kind of modelling is usually very time consuming and depends on the experience and skill of the modeller (Revel et al, 2004). An alternative to this approach is related to the use of machine learning, such as the popular neural networks.…”

A survey of soft skill simulation authoring tools

“…As previously mentioned, the key problem with incorporating any type of simulations is their composition [12] and allowing nontechnical domain experts to compose simulations. Generally, simulations are expensive and very time consuming to produce [20].…”

“…The main barrier to mainstream adoption with incorporating these online simulations is their composition [12] and allowing nontechnical domain experts to compose simulations. There have been many attempts in creating authoring tools for online simulations, using different approaches to varying success.…”

Measurement-Driven Simulation of Complex Engineering Systems

“…Different components, models and information systems with each their own detail, grow slowly together into a family. This integration process is difficult [71], because it requires translations between those components that are not trivial.…”