Title :
Model generation issues in a simulation support environment
Author :
Balci, Osman ; Nance, Richard E. ; Derrick, E. Joseph ; Page, Emest H. ; Bishop, John L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
The Simulation Model Development Environments (SMDE) project has been developing an environment that can be characterized as a simulation support environment or a computer-aided simulation engineering environment. The SMDE project has addressed the problem of prototyping a domain-independent discrete-event simulation support environment to provide a comprehensive and integrated collection of computer-based tools to (1) offer cost-effective, integrated and automated support of model development throughout the entire model life cycle; (2) improve the model quality by assisting in the quality assurance of the model; (3) significantly increase the efficiency and productivity of the project teams; and (4) substantially decrease the model development time. Prototyping techniques have been used to develop the prototypes of SMDE tools on a Sun 3/160 workstation. The software tools of the environment are briefly described. Issues in developing the Model Generator, the tool with which a modeler creates a simulation model specification under a conceptual framework, are presented
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; programming environments; software tools; Model Generator; Simulation Model Development Environments; computer-aided simulation engineering environment; computer-based tools; domain-independent discrete-event simulation; model development time; model quality; prototyping; quality assurance; simulation model specification; simulation support environment; software tools; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Design engineering; Discrete event simulation; Productivity; Prototypes; Quality assurance; Software prototyping; Sun; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 1990. Proceedings., Winter
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-911801-72-3
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1990.129524