DSEEP

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Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP) is a standardized process for building federations of computer simulations. DSEEP is maintained by SISO and the standard is published as IEEE Std 1730-2010. [1] DSEEP is a recommended systems engineering process in the NATO Modelling and Simulation Standards Profile AMSP-01, [2] which also uses DSEEP as a framework for describing when other standards are to be used throughout a project process.

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DSEEP can be used together with several interoperability standards, such as HLA, DIS and TENA. DSEEP was previously called FEDEP (Federation Development and Execution Process).

DSEEP steps

DSEEP consists of seven steps [3] that can be carried out in a linear fashion, or iterated using a spiral approach. The steps are:

  1. Define Simulation Environment Objectives
  2. Perform Conceptual Analysis
  3. Design Simulation Environment
  4. Develop Simulation Environment
  5. Integrate and Test Simulation Environment
  6. Execute Simulation
  7. Analyse Data and Evaluate Results

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References

  1. "IEEE 1730-2010 DSEEP". IEEE Standards. IEEE. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. NATO Modelling and Simulation Standards Profile (Edition D Version 1 ed.). NATO Standardization Office (NSO). 23 February 2018.
  3. Topçu, Okan (2016). Distributed Simulation: A Model Driven Engineering Approach. Springer Verlag. p. 70. ISBN   978-3319030500 . Retrieved 24 March 2018.