RMIS middleware for transparent object-oriented modeling in multi-simulator systems

• Published in: Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation pp. 336 - 345
• Main Authors: Lang, Niels A., Jacobs, Peter H. M., Verbraeck, Alexander
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Winter Simulation Conference 04.12.2005
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Software and its engineering; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software development techniques; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software development techniques > Object oriented development; Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties; Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures; Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures > Distributed systems organizing principles
• ISBN: 0780395190; 9780780395190
• DOI: 10.5555/1162708.1162770

A system of middleware services is proposed to realize transparent Object Oriented (OO) modeling in multi-simulator systems. Shortcomings of Remote Procedure Call schemes in a multi-simulator setting are identified. The use of simulation time synchronization services is suggested instead.The resulting middleware system supports both asynchronous and synchronous interaction. Remote Method Invocation Scheduling (RMIS) is introduced as the main enabling mechanism. Special naming services are introduced to generate required middleware objects. The middleware system is fully transparent to model objects, which may thus remain deployment neutral. Current results and directions for further research are presented.