Ontological, Epistemological, and Teleological Perspectives on Service-Oriented
Simulation Frameworks
Ontology, Epistemology, and Teleology for Modeling and Simulation, volume 44 of Intelligent Systems Reference Library, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, (2013)DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31140-6_17
Abstract
This chapter investigates service-oriented simulation frameworks from
the ontological, epistemological, and teleological perspectives.
First, we give an overview of various specific frameworks that imply
particular referential ontological, epistemological, and teleological
perspectives for real world systems. Then we combine the partial
considerations derived from the review into a unifying framework.
It inspects the crossover between the disciplines of M&S, service-orientation,
and software/systems engineering. From a methodological perspective,
we show its ontological, epistemological, and teleological implications
for abstract approaches. The unifying framework can, in turn, facilitate
the classification, evaluation, selection, description, and prescription
of the known or proposed frameworks. Thus, the referential and methodological
perspectives build a systematical philosophical foundation of the
service-oriented simulation paradigm.
