RAISE: Reflective Middleware Architecture for Integrated Simulation Environments

RAISE is a research project aimed at building a framework and platform that supports the integration of multiple existing models, simulations, and data. The grand challenge is to facilitate the process of pulling the independently created models together. In our approach, RAISE, we explore a reflective middleware to address challenges of integrated simulation environments in which interoperability of different simulators can be ultimately achieved in a flexible and efficient manner. We evaluate our proposed techniques via a detailed case study from the emergency response domain by integrating four disparate simulators – a transportation simulator (VISUM), an evacuation simulator (Drillsim), a communication simulator (LTEsim), and a fire simulator (CFAST).