Evaluation of a framework for simulator support functions : Inhumate RTI

Sammanfattning

In the field of simulators, there is a trend towards reusable components and tools speeding up development and ideally ensuring reliable ease of use. This thesis studies the API of the Inhumate RTI, a communication infrastructure for distributed real-time systems designed in part to be used in simulators. To study it, a traffic simulator was implemented and its code analysed for complexity metrics. The result is a four-part system allowing arbitrary traffic scenarios to be simulated and viewed freely by a user using either of two visualisation options. Code analysis shows that the Inhumate RTI allows simple data exposure on the consumer side. Results are inconclusive on the producer side, but indicate that it yields higher complexity. More data is needed to make reliable conclusions.