Position Paper

Currently, there is a great need in communities, such as telecommunication network simulation and transportation systems simulation, to be able to publish/pull models to/off the Web and assemble and simulate a virtual configuration of choice by the end-user. For example, in Internet simulations, users would like to be able to search for the most efficient/relevant traffic source models, network protocol models and router models for their specific network studies. After discovering and gathering all the relevant components, the models should be assembled and simulated. Unfortunately, no such Web-access facility exists presently, and the Web-oriented nature of XMSF is appealing in such simulation applications.