Modern modeling systems create applications by invoking services provided by other applications, meaning that they are composite applications.

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An important one is with BAE Systems, for whom Opnet does modeling, simulation and research for big initiatives like the U.S. Army's Future Combat System and the Joint Tactical Radio System.

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The instrumentation of most operating systems or virtualization technology makes this sort of modeling possible, if not easy.

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Taken together, the observational and modeling results imply that many extrasolar systems harbor distantly orbiting worlds, though such planets are tough for astronomers to detect at the moment, researchers said.

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Unbeknownst to most sunbaked tourists, the Happiest Place on Earth is an enclosed universe of monitoring systems that continually cull customer surveys and use computer modeling to predict everything from how many people will eat at any one time to passenger loads on the Jungle Cruise boats.

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Because new technology has flourished since then, scientists could discover that some new systems are also at risk, said Jeffrey Hughes, director of the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling at Boston University.

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The high-performance systems that Lockheed Martin develops require a range of technologies, including cloud computing, biometrics, information management, modeling and simulation, precision pointing, energy management and storage, optics and electro-optics, and nanotechnology.

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An important one is with BAE Systems (other-otc: BAESF - news - people ), for whom Opnet does modeling, simulation and research for big initiatives like the U.S. Army's Future Combat System and the Joint Tactical Radio System.

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