The Simulation System Architectures track provides an open forum for technical managers and system/software engineers to share experiences and lessons learned regarding the architecture design of simulation systems. Papers and panels in this track will highlight innovative architectural solutions to a broad range of practical problems, along with a description of the design methodologies and techniques that produced them. Tools and standards for architecture specification, and the unique issues associated with distributed system development will also be discussed in this track.

Session 1: Architecture Overview

Introduction to ‘Software’ Architecture IEEE Recommended Practice for Architectural Description
Bill Waite, AEgis Technologies Group, USA

Session 2: Simulation Environments 1

An Automatic Distributed Simulation Environment
Sarita Bruschi, R.C. Santana, M.J. Santana, ICMC – USP, Brazil

The Architecture for Flexible Simulation Environment
Wang WeiPing, Z. YiFang, L. Qun, Y. Feng, National University of Defense Techonology, China

An Architecture to Support an Extensible and Scalable Simulation
Callie Hill, J. Brock, C.C. Ruffing, Teledyne Brown Engineering, USA

Session 3: Simulation Environments 2

Object Oriented Simulation of Distributed Systems Using JAVA and SILK
Emmett Burke, Symbi System, Inc, USA
R. Kilgore, ThreadTec, USA
G. Leeming, The Boeing Company, USA

An Abstract Simulation Model for Mixed-Language Hardware Simulation
Andre Windisch, D. Monjau, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
T. Schneider, M. Glesner, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
J. Mades, W. Ecker, Infineon Technologies, Germany

Towards the Architecture of Collaborative Virtual Prototyping Environment (CVPE)
Zhao Wen, W. WeiPing, Z. YiFan, Y. Feng, National University of Defense Technology, China

Session 4: “J” Program Architecture Review

The Joint Warfare Systems (JWARS) Architecture: A Client-Server, Database Centric Simulation System in Smalltalk
Ron Painter, JWARS, USA

An Overview of the Joint Modeling and Simulation System (JMASS)
Vernon Handley, P.M. Shea, Dynetics, Inc, USA
M. Morano, US Air Force, USA

An Overview of the Joint Simulation System (JSIMS) Architecture
Fred Hartman, DMSO, USA

HLA-Federate Reproduction Procedures in Public Transportation Federation
Thomas Schulze, University of Magdbeurg, Germany
S. Strassburger, Fraunhofer IFF, Germany

Session 5: High Level Architecture (HLA) Systems/ Applications

Object Oriented HLA Interface Design for Military Simulations
Steven Hall, S.M. Venkatesan, D.B. Wood, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, USA
H. Sarjoughian, B.P. Zeigler, University of Arizona-Tucson, USA

An Integrated Architecture for Spacecraft Design and Simulation
Andrew Goldfinger, D.P. Silberberg, J.R. Gersh, J.W. Hunt, G.W. Rogers, F.B. Weiskopf, L.T. Duong, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Session 6: Simulation Applications
Chair: Richard Love

The Transportation System Capability (TRANSCAP) Model: A Mixed Language Development Approach for an Army Development
Simulation
Richard Love, J.F. Burke, Jr., C.M. Macal, D.L. Howard, J. Jackson, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Performance Improvement of Extended Air Defense Testbed (EADTB) Via Synchronous Parallel Environment for Emulation and Discrete Event Simulation (SPEEDES) Retrofit
Ray Smith, J. Rinkel, TRW, USA
M. Parsons, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA
A. Morris, Kottmann, USA

The Testing of Distributed Real-Time System
Hua-ping Hu, National University of Defense Technology, China

Session 7: Simulation Applications
Chair: Srini Ramaswamy

Implementation and Evaluation of a Distributed Interactive Simulation Architecture for Group Interaction and Coordination: A Case Study in Interference Detection and Resolution in Naval Radar Units
Srinivasan Ramaswamy, K. Srinivasan, Tennessee Technological University, USA