[Swarm-Modelling] Multi-Simulator Interface. ??

[Paul E Johnson]

I get the freshmeat email newsletter every day and don't know what most 
things are for. This one is interesting and it uses lots of the same 
words that we use when we talk about Swarm and it speaks to our desire 
to run separate simulations that are synced.  But I don't know what HLA 
is and thought I better ask you scientific types.

It is from lockheed martin folk:

http://www.atl.lmco.com/proj/csim/msi/

The Multi-Simulator Interface (MSI) is a simulation interconnection 
engine. In other words it is a program that connects simulations 
together by synchronizing their clocks and data. The MSI serves the same 
purpose as HLA and supports most of HLA's functionality (and more). In 
that respect it can be considered an HLA alternative. The major 
motivating factors in the design of the MSI are speed, interoperability, 
and ease of use.

They add this:
    * Time synchronization that allows for proper causality when used 
with discrete event simulators.

So, like war, what is it good for?

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