NASA-STD-7009B - NASA Technical Standard for Models and SimulationsReference2024
This standard is published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide uniform engineering and technical requirements for processes, procedures, practices, and methods that have been endorsed as standard for models and simulations (M&S) developed and used in NASA programs and projects, including requirements for selection, application, and design criteria of an item.
Conceptual Model
    
    
The collection of abstractions, assumptions, and descriptions of physical components and processes representing the behavior of the reality of interest, which includes the RWS [Real-World System], its environment, and their relative behaviors.