Title :
Revisiting the Issue of Performance Enhancement of Discrete Event Simulation Software
Author :
Bahouth, Alex ; Crites, Steven ; Matloff, Norman ; Williamson, Todd
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA
Abstract :
New approaches are considered for performance enhancement of discrete-event simulation software. Instead of taking a purely algorithmic analysis view, we supplement algorithmic considerations with focus on system factors such as compiler/interpreter efficiency, hybrid interpreted/compiled code, virtual and cache memory issues, and so on. The work here consists of a case study of the SimPy language, in which we achieve significant speedups by addressing these factors
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; software performance evaluation; SimPy language; cache memory; compiler efficiency; discrete event simulation software; hybrid interpreted-compiled code; interpreter efficiency; virtual memory; Algorithm design and analysis; Analytical models; Cache memory; Computer science; Context modeling; Delay; Discrete event simulation; Read-write memory; Software libraries; Software performance;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Symposium, 2007. ANSS '07. 40th Annual
Conference_Location :
Norfolk, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2814-7
DOI :
10.1109/ANSS.2007.36
