Fundamentals of Distributed Simulation
Fundamentals of Distributed Simulation is part of the DiSTI Simulation Professional Series, a suite of modeling and simulation (M&S) courses designed to prepare the simulation professional for success.
Who Should Attend?
Project engineers, technical managers, software engineers, system designers and application developers who have distributed simulation system requirements should attend this course. The practical reality of modern DoD simulation programs is a patchwork of distributed architectures connected by gateways, portals, and interface bridges. Supporting the numerous FOMs, DIS, and other technologies in an interactive simulation environment requires considerable planning and flexibility. This flexibility is increasingly critical as the training industry evolves and the use of simulation expands into new areas with new challenges. An example of this can be found in the web-based courseware industry where simulation is moving to replace legacy visualization technologies.
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to provide students with an in-depth overview of the technologies available for building distributed simulation architectures and interfaces. The course will discuss implementation of real-time distributed simulation applications utilizing the DIS protocol, HLA federations, and a number of other technologies. Strengths and weaknesses of each technology will be discussed and techniques for combining several technologies within a program will be presented. This course focuses on both management and high level development considerations, as well as real-world situations that arise when utilizing these technologies.
This course will also review the growing relationship between these technologies and other simulation user domains such as Web-based Training and Distance Learning Applications. Migration and Bridging strategies are discussed including the use of gateway/adapter systems to process network traffic. Simulation architecture issues in support of cross-technology portability and rapid adaptation of future interface and communications standards are also covered.
Topics will speak directly to the reuse of simulation in distance learning applications and how standards, such as SCORM, IMS, and IEEE, are approaching these questions.
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