The Ground Vehicle Simulation Modeling Ontology, GVSMO, is an ontology developed
to support ground vehicle design decision-making, model selection, and
simulation composition. GVSMO supports the US Army’s needs for advanced
modeling and simulation capabilities that facilitate the development of the next
generation of US Army ground vehicles. GVSMO is composed of five ontologies: a
vehicle operations ontology (VehOps), a vehicle architecture ontology (VehArch),
an environment ontology (Env), a simulation modeling ontology (SimMod), and an
integration ontology (Int). This paper provides an overview of GVSMO, including
the background and motivation for development, the role it plays in the
simulation modeling and decision-making processes, a description of the five
ontologies, and examples of ground vehicle simulations and scenarios documented
in GVSMO.