This easy-to-follow textbook provides an exercise-driven guide to the use of the Discrete Event Systems Specification (DEVS) simulation modeling formalism and the System Entity Structure (SES) simulation model ontology supported with the latest advances in software architecture and design principles, methods, and tools for building and testing virtual Systems of Systems (SoS). The book examines a wide variety of SoS problems, ranging from cloud computing systems to biological systems in agricultural food crops. This enhanced and expanded second edition also features a new chapter on DEVS support for Markov modeling and simulation.
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This accessible and hands-on textbook/reference provides invaluable practical guidance for graduate students interested in simulation software development and cyber-systems engineering design, as well as for practitioners in these, and related areas.
Dr. Bernard P. Zeigler is Emeritus Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Co-Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation (ACIMS), at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. He is also Chief Scientist at RTSync, Rockville, MD, USA. Dr. Hessam S. Sarjoughian is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Co-Director of ACIMS at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.
Presents modeling and simulation to support the virtual build and test of systems of systems
Combines reader-friendly logical development and readability with technical exposition
Each chapter includes a summary, review questions and, when appropriate, case studies, exercises, and/or examples
Enhanced second edition featuring a new chapter on DEVS support for Markov modeling and simulation
Bernard P. Zeigler
Discrete Event Systems Specification (DEVS) System Entity Structure (SES) Systems of Systems (SoS) Virtual Build and Test Markov Modeling