Course concepts are reinforced through programming labs and hands-on demonstrations. Students will receive source code examples and utilities to jump start their efforts.
In order to address the common practice of mixing DIS and HLA based applications, course materials and discussions will review the relationship between DIS and HLA. Migration and Bridging strategies are discussed and include both software architecture issues and the use of gateway/adapter systems to process network traffic. Detailed discussions that explain how DIS and HLA capabilities can be supported through gateways will be one of many focus points throughout the course presentations.
Contrary to what you might have heard, DIS is still going strong with new DIS equipped trainers delivering around the world. As a long standing, stable technology, DIS enjoys the advantage of being completely open, inexpensive to implement, fault tolerant, and more stable than many of the technologies selected to replace it.
Even within the HLA community, DIS simulations are a vital and integral part of most federations communicating with HLA applications through a variety of interface mechanisms. This course will equip you with the knowledge you need to develop new DIS applications, modernize existing DIS interfaces and understand key issues required to fully utilize DIS within HLA Federations. |
