16. A system for managing a flow model simulation, the system comprising: a processor; a memory operably connected to the processor; a link generator, wherein the link generator generates a set of links using link rules that comprise instruction that govern the creation of the set of links, the set of link rules customizable for the source model, wherein the links map a set of source model elements to a set of internal domain model elements; a simulation annotator logic module, wherein the simulation annotator associates annotated simulation settings with a source model to form an annotated source model, wherein the annotated simulation settings are derived from at least one of a set of default simulation settings and a set of user-defined simulation settings; a model transformer logic module, wherein the model transformer transforms the annotated source model into an internal domain model using the set of links; and a view model generator logic module, wherein the view model generator generates a target view model from the internal domain model; wherein the link generator, the simulation annotator, the model transformer, and the view model generator comprise program instructions stored on the memory and executed by the processor.
16. A system for managing a flow model simulation, the system comprising: a processor; a memory operably connected to the processor; a link generator, wherein the link generator generates a set of links using link rules that comprise instruction that govern the creation of the set of links, the set of link rules customizable for the source model, wherein the links map a set of source model elements to a set of internal domain model elements; a simulation annotator logic module, wherein the simulation annotator associates annotated simulation settings with a source model to form an annotated source model, wherein the annotated simulation settings are derived from at least one of a set of default simulation settings and a set of user-defined simulation settings; a model transformer logic module, wherein the model transformer transforms the annotated source model into an internal domain model using the set of links; and a view model generator logic module, wherein the view model generator generates a target view model from the internal domain model; wherein the link generator, the simulation annotator, the model transformer, and the view model generator comprise program instructions stored on the memory and executed by the processor. 17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising: a viewer comprising program instructions stored on the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the viewer updates the target view model with simulation events and wherein the target view model presents the target view model for viewing.