Discrete-event Modeling Ontology (DeMO):
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DeMO is an ontology for Discrete-event Modeling (DeM) (system dynamics for Discrete-event Systems (DeS)). The models in the ontology focus on how state evolves over time. The state is typically discrete (finite or countable), while time may be continuous (uncountable), although the number of state changes (events) must be discrete. We also focus on stochastic models, although deterministic models are considered as a special case. It is hoped that the DeMO ontology will be useful to researcher and practitioners of modeling and simulation. Such an ontology could also find application in locating modeling and simulation software, particular modeling applications and modeling components as well as facilitating meta-modeling and multi-modeling.