Achieving structural and composable modeling of complex systems

Summary form only given. We describe a recently-released, structural and composable modeling system called the liberty simulation environment (LSE). LSE automatically constructs simulators from system descriptions that closely resemble the structure of hardware at the chosen level of abstraction. Component-based reuse features allow an extremely diverse range of complex models to be modeled easily from a core set of component libraries. We also describe a set of such libraries currently under development. With LSE and these component libraries, students are able to learn about systems in a more intuitive fashion, researchers are able to collaborate with each other more easily, and developers are able to rapidly and meaningfully explore novel design candidates.