From FOMs to BOMs and Back Again

Paul GustavsonTram ChaseLarry Root

SimVentions, Incorporated11905 Bowman Drive, Suite 502

Fredericksburg, VA 22408540-372-7727

pgustavson@simventions.com

tchase@simventions.com

lroot@simventions.com

Topics Covered

• Background

• Composability & BOMs

• Breaking up a FOM

• Creating BOMs

• BOM Assemblies

• Exporting a FOM

• Summary

Summary

• Benefits of breaking up FOMs into BOMs:

– supports composability by allowing BOMs to be used as building blocks for simulations and federations

– facilitates manageability of FOMs – provides extensibility of FOMs through the application

and integration of new BOMs– provides the ability to capture additional model

information such as patterns or interplay and states