An Exercise In Ontology Driven Trajectory Simulation With MATLAB SIMULINK®

Abstract

We demonstrate an application of the ontology driven methodology to develop trajectory simulations in a function-oriented style. We adopt a model based approach to software development, guided by the domain engineering process, to promote knowledge and software reuse. MATLAB Simulink® block definitions have been generated from the function specifications in the Trajectory Simulation Ontology, called TSONT. MATLAB implementations of the blocks have been generated from the DAVE-ML definitions of the functions, which are incorporated in TSONT. Finally, the simulation has been put together by manually connecting the blocks.

Towards interoperable and composable trajectory simulations: an ontology-based approach

“…The infrastructure specification, together with the semantics captured by the domain model, is input in the infrastructure implementation step, which produces and tests the specified components. The authors have a series of publications discussing reuse of trajectory simulation assets from knowledge to code level (Durak et al, 2006;Durak et al, 2007;Durak et al, 2008;Durak et al, 2009). The present paper presents how interoperability and composability are targeted to enable reuse of the simulation itself through an ontologybased development methodology.…”