Application of Ontology Engineering in Satellite Network Simulation

Abstract:

Existed simulation works are always too dependent on a kind of particular techniques or tools to perform horizontal comparison and integration. There is no formal description for the simulation objects which leads to the lack of semantic support in the simulation. In order to guarantee the reusability and interoperability of heterogeneous models and services in satellite network simulation and provide verification support, a method based on ontology engineering is proposed. Based on the concept of simulation verification with semantic support, the purpose and requirements of applying ontology engineering in satellite network simulation are identified. A test is performed as to a specific simulation task, and the results show that, besides the semantic support, the former method can provide significant improvement in efficiency, which is over 200% in comparison with the latter one. It is concluded that it is quite feasible to apply ontology in the area of satellite network simulation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 760-762)
• Pages: 669-674
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.760-762.669
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Qi Lin, Yong Chen
• Keywords: Component, Ontology Engineering, Satellite Network, Semantic Verification, Simulation

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