Title :
A view from the beginning: when does a description become a taxonomy
Author :
Kiviat, Philip J.
Author_Institution :
Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik & Associates Inc., Potomac, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the author´s career leading up to the publication of his 1969 paper digital computer simulation: computer programming languages, how it influenced the paper, and why the paper has endured as a taxonomy for discrete-event simulation programming languages.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; simulation languages; computer programming languages; digital computer simulation; discrete-event simulation programming languages; Communication industry; Computer industry; Computer languages; Discrete event simulation; Job shop scheduling; Logic; Operations research; Programming profession; Steel; Taxonomy;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Winter
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8786-4
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2004.1371296
