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System modeling in sysml and system analysis in arena

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Ola Batarseh,

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Published: 09 December 2012 Publication History

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A Model Driven Architecture approach is employed to support the practice of discrete-event simulation. OMG's System Model Language, OMG SysML™, is used to define a platform independent model (PIM) and auto-translate it into an appropriate platform specific model (PSM). The implementation and the nature of the transformation from PIM to PSM are clearly addressed to enable: (i) formal modeling of systems using their own semantics in SysML, (ii) SysML model verification and validation by stakeholders, (iii) automatic translation of system models expressed in SysML into analysis models as the PSM, and (iv) maintainability of this approach to accommodate system changes and extensions very easily. The proposed approach can be used for any analysis tool and application domain. In this paper, we choose to model transaction-based examples elicited from the manufacturing domain in SysML and translate them into Arena™ models using the Atlas Transformation Language.

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