Terminology

1. Federate - An individual simulator that is computing something interesting and communicating with other simulators
2. Core - An object managing the interactions of one or more Federates
3. Broker - An object coordinating multiple cores or brokers
   • There can be several layers of brokers
4. Root Broker – the top broker on the hierarchy
   • Last chance router
   • Responsible for determining when to enter initialization mode for the federation
5. Federation – the set of all Federates executing together in a single co-simulation
6. Interface - a structure by which a federate can communicate with other federates. Includes Endpoints, Publications, Filters, and Inputs

Example federate hierarchy