Using workflows and web services to manage simulation studies (WIP)

In the last few years, computer simulation has suffered from a credibility crisis. One main issue is the lack of replayability for the simulations. We propose a new methodology for executing simulation studies in the cloud (accessible through RESTful Web Services) and orchestrated by workflows. We will show how replayability could be improved by sharing the same simulation environment, simulation files, simulation inputs and also the same experiment workflows. As a proof of concept, we have implemented our methodology to manage CD++ simulation studies using RISE, Taverna, and myExperiment.