Creating
Virtual Test Bed Models from Paragon
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The
subcontract for calendar year 2001 (CY01)
that will be executed as a part of the
Virtual Test Bed (VTB) Program at South
Carolina (USC) will target the delivery
of code generation technology within
the Paragon modeling tools (formerly
Model Architect) that can produce native
VTB models. A rough breakdown of the
major milestones over the coming year
is identified in the timeline shown
in Fig. 1. At the end of CY01 it is
expected that Paragon and VTB will remain
independent tools. This is depicted
in Fig. 2. In contrast to Fig. 2, the
vision is to combine support from ONR/USC
to leverage related research and development
occurring on Paragon into the VTB environment
over subsequent years. In light of this,
software architectural and implementation
issues will be assessed against this
backdrop. The expectations are that
modules within Paragon will be implemented
in a fashion integratable within VTB
for a highly cohesive, seamless look-and-feel.
This vision is depicted in Fig. 3.
The
milestones for CY01 are:
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Completing
the porting of Paragon to Sun OS2.8
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Investigating
the native VTB semantics
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Constructing
the VTB code generator
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time-invariant
constructs
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time-varying
constructs
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implicit
relations
4. VTB Generator Complete
Fig.
1. Milestones for CY01 on the VTB code
generator
Fig.2.
Output languages supported by the Paragon
tools (VHDL-AMS and Native VTB in CY01)
Fig.
3. Some of the modules of the original
Model Architect structure that are candidates
to be implemented within VTB (highlighted
blocks)
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