Simulation Modeling Theory and Practice: Pushing the Boundaries

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to collect outstanding articles that push the boundaries of modeling and simulation (M&S). In recent decades, modeling and simulation has evolved to the point where it is now a recognized discipline and provides infrastructure for disciplines spanning the whole spectrum of human knowledge, intellectual and practical effects. The term “modeling and simulation” grants equal stress on both modeling and simulation aspects of this discipline. The Modeling and Simulation Body of Knowledge (M&S BoK) is a living work in process with the goal of establishing a kernel of topics that categorically characterize the discipline of modeling and simulation as it drives the progress of multifold disciplines in science, engineering, and the arts. The M&S BoK is sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), the premier technical society dedicated to advancing the use of M&S to solve real-world problems. The essence of M&S is the creation of conceptual representations of entities, relations, and processes describing a problem domain with the goal of making them computationally executable artifacts. Such simulation models can be used to perform experiments or to gain experience; both dimensions provide a multitude of possibilities. This Special Issue recognizes recent progress of M&S with a call to build on past advancements and further advance the boundaries of theory and practice in this field. In the same way that advancements in telescope technology open up new domains of astronomical investigation, authors should address how modeling and simulation can push the boundary from what is today only theoretically possible towards what can become practically possible in the future. Potential authors are urged to contact one of the SI editors indicating the general theme to be addressed and to request related material from the prepublication of the M&S BoK. Information on how to cite this material will be provided after publication arrangements for the M&S BoK are finalized with a major publisher.

Topics of interest are drawn from the M&S BoK. Suggested areas for the Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Theoretical, mathematical, and system foundations;
• Model engineering and construction technologies;
• Methodologies, methods, and algorithms for M&S applications;
• Simulation experience and experimentation;
• Unified conceptual representations for hybrid M&S;
• Reliability and quality assurance, validation, and verification;
• Philosophical questions in relation to M&S: the importannce of simulations to progress in science;
• M&S in relation to artificial intelligence and data science;
• Ethics in conduct of M&S;

• Technical challenges in the simulation of autonomous, autonomic, and apoptotic systems;
• M&S for civilian and military concerns in the cyber–physical era.

Prof. Dr. Bernard P. Zeigler
Prof. Dr. Tuncer Ören
Prof. Dr. Andreas Tolk
Guest Editors

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