An insightful presentation of the key concepts, paradigms, and applications of modeling and
simulation Modeling and simulation has become an integral part of research and …

Enabling the interoperability between applications requires agreement in the format and
meaning (syntax and semantics) of exchanged data including the ordering of message …

This paper describes the use of the Levels of Conceptual Interoperability Model (LCIM) as a
framework for conceptual modeling and its descriptive and prescriptive uses. LCIM is …

With the prevalence of net-centric environments, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs)
have emerged as a paradigm that greatly impacts the modeling and simulation (M&S) …

The digital twin workshop is a new workshop operation paradigm that enables precise
decision-making by fusing virtual and physical space. As a complex manufacturing system …

The Medical Device and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) industries have not
achieved safe PNP cross-manufacturer (heterogeneous) interoperability although it has …

We propose a layered framework for the integration of syntactically, schematically, and
semantically heterogeneous networked data sources. Their heterogeneity stems from …

Smart spaces provide information about physical environments, shared with inherently
dynamic applications. This chapter introduces a novel development approach with its focus …

In product development, early decisions made within the requirements specification and
design phase have significant impact on overall functionality, quality and lifecycle cost of the …

The intelligent future power system, often referred to as Smart Grid, has to integrate and
coordinate a large number of different actors such as decentralized renewable energy …