Feature-Based Investigation of Simulation Structure and Behaviour

Reusing a simulation or parts of a simulation is difficult as often simulations are tightly coupled to a specific domain or even to the system analysed by the simulation. In this paper, we introduce a specification approach that allows simulation developers to model the structure and behaviour of a simulation with a domain-specific modelling language. The specification is used to compare a simulation or parts of a simulation to identify features that can be reused. The results show that our approach can find similar features based on their architectural structure and behaviour. Our approach enables developers to identify and then reuse simulation features.