Title :
TimeNET-Sim-a parallel simulator for stochastic Petri nets
Author :
Kelling, Christian
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Tech. Inf., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
TimeNET is a software package for modeling and performance evaluation with non-Markovian Petri nets. Concepts and implementation of the simulation component of this tool are introduced. The paper focuses on a reliable statistical analysis and the application of variance reduction techniques in a parallel, distributed simulation framework. It examines the application of variance reduction with control variates and shows an approach for their automatic selection in Petri net models. An example demonstrates the gain of variance reduction and parallelization
Keywords :
Petri nets; discrete event simulation; parallel processing; software packages; statistical analysis; stochastic processes; TimeNET software package; TimeNET-Sim; control variates; modeling; nonMarkovian Petri nets; parallel distributed simulation framework; parallel simulator; parallelization; performance evaluation; statistical analysis; stochastic Petri nets; tool; variance reduction techniques; Analytical models; Delay; Distribution functions; Numerical analysis; Packaging; Performance evaluation; Petri nets; Robots; Stochastic processes; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Symposium, 1995., Proceedings of the 28th Annual
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7091-6
DOI :
10.1109/SIMSYM.1995.393574
