Standards for Distributed Simulation

This chapter focuses on the standards officially recognized as modeling and simulation standards and the standards that are repeatedly successfully applied in support of distributed simulation in numerous modeling and simulation conferences. The application of the three standard categories was documented in the domain of modeling and simulation related research events: using the discrete event system specification (DEVS); using modeling languages and architecture languages of the application domain; and applying web standards, in particular semantic web standards, in support of distributed simulation. The chapter overviews two IEEE modeling and simulation interoperability standards: IEEE 1278 distributed interactive simulation (DIS) and IEEE 1516 high level architecture (HLA). Two approaches are used to facilitate the integration of these simulators: the use of DIS-HLA Gateways, and the development of a technical standard in the form of the Real-time-Platform-Reference Federated Object Model (RPRFOM) and the supporting Guidance, Rationale, and Interoperability Modalities for the RPR-FOM (GRIM). Controlled Vocabulary Terms modeling; simulation