[Acpc-l] DEVS Study Group - Invitation

[Gabriel Wainer]

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Since 2002, an international group (with 75+ members today) has been 
studying how to provide a standard representation for a computer 
processable representation of DEVS models. DEVS is a Modeling and 
Simulation framework with a sound theoretical foundation which makes it in 
principle independent of various programming languages and hardware 
platforms. There is a wide variety of groups working on extensions to the 
DEVS formalism, with several modeling tools based on these extensions.

The goal of our group is to find a core of the DEVS formalism that is 
suitable for standardization of activities at the level of modeling. It 
will bridge the gap between existing simulation frameworks and modeling 
activities using a standard notation. The DEVS SG will study the 
possibility of developing
standards for a computer processable representation of DEVS that supports 
common understanding, sharing and interoperability of DEVS implementations. 
Computer processable forms include all forms of simulation and real-time 
execution as well as various forms of syntactic and semantic analysis.

The effort is supported by SISO, the Simulation Interoperability 
Standardization Organization (http://www.sisostds.org/) and SCS, the 
Society for Modeling and Simulation International (http://www.scs.org). The 
first official meeting will be held at the Spring Simulation 
Interoperability Workshop (SIW), which will be held in Arlington, VA 
(colocated with the SCS Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference, April 
18-23 2004).

There will be different activities related to the Study Group:

. Activities with an "academic/research" perspective, including a Tutorial 
on DEVS, and a session in ASTC devoted to current advances in DEVS 
reserach. These activities will also provide a framework for newcomers to 
learn about DEVS basics prior the SG kick-off.

. The first official meeting of the SG, on Friday 23 Apr 04 (0800-1200, 
room "Potomac 3").

To view the Discrete-Event Systems Specification (DEVS) Study Group Terms 
of Reference (TOR) go to:
http://www.sisostds.org/doclib/doclib.cfm?SISO_RID_1005303

You can find further information about the effort in:
http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/standard/

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Best regards,

Gabriel A. Wainer
Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering
Carleton University
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