Title :
Evaluation of simulation strategies for computer networks on parallel MIMD computers
Author :
Dirkx, Erik ; Verboven, Frank
Author_Institution :
Brussels Free Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
A comparison by practical evaluation of several general-purpose distributed simulation algorithms that use different ways of bringing parallelism to the simulation of computer networks is presented. A description is given of the characteristics of computer networks relevant to distributed simulation, an approach to their modeling, and the characteristics of the parallel computer architecture used. The authors´ simulation goals and how these influence the simulator are described. The results and conclusions of the comparison of different strategies for parallelization are also given
Keywords :
computer networks; parallel programming; virtual machines; computer networks; distributed simulation algorithms; parallel MIMD computers; parallel computer architecture; simulation strategies; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; Context modeling; Discrete event simulation; Parallel processing;
Conference_Titel :
CompEuro '90. Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Software Engineering
Conference_Location :
Tel-Aviv
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2041-2
DOI :
10.1109/CMPEUR.1990.113669
