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

../_images/terminology-structure.pngExample federate hierarchy