Modeling and Simulation-Based Systems Engineering Handbook

Modeling and simulation (M&S) is increasingly becoming a central activity in the development of new and existing systems because it enables designers and researchers to manage systems complexity and investigate system behaviors through virtual representation. To date, a handbook that includes established M&S practices is not available in the systems engineering community. This multi-contributed reference book provides the M&S practices for supporting systems engineering in diverse domains. Readers can also identify their systems engineering needs and adapt these practices to suit their specific application domain, thus avoiding redefining practices from scratch.

Foreword
Preface
Editors
Contributing Authors
List of Contributors

Chapter 1 : Introduction to the Modeling and Simulation-Based Systems Engineering Handbook
Chapter 2 : Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Simulation
Chapter 3 : Systems Modeling : Principled Operationalization of Social Systems Using Presage2
Chapter 4 : Formal Agent-Based Models of Social Systems
Chapter 5 : On the Evolution Toward Computer-Aided Simulation
Chapter 6 : Model-Driven Method to Enable Simulation-Based Analysis of Complex Systems
Chapter 7 : Collaborative Modeling and Simulation in Spacecraft Design
Chapter 8 : Performance Engineering of Distributed Simulation Programs
Chapter 9 : Reshuffling PDES Platforms for Multi/Many-Core Machines : A Perspective with Focus on Load Sharing
Chapter 10 : Layered Architectural Approach for Distributed Simulation Systems : The SimArch Case
Chapter 11 : Reuse-Centric Simulation Software Architectures
Chapter 12 : Conceptual Models Become alive with Vivid OPM : How can Animated Visualization Render Abstract Ideas Concrete?
Chapter 13 : Processes to Support the Quality of M&S Artifacts
Chapter 14 : Formal Validation Methods in Model-Based Spacecraft Systems Engineering
Chapter 15 : Modeling and Simulation Framework for Systems Engineering
Chapter 16 : Liquid Business Process Model Collections
Chapter 17 : Web-Based Simulation using Cell-DEVS Modeling and GIS Visualization

Index