Implementation of a DEVS-JavaBean simulation environment

Author

Wang, Yung-Hsin ; Ho, Szu-Hsuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Manage., Tatung Univ., Taiwan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

338

Abstract

A component-based simulation technology is brought up. This component-based simulation environment is based on the DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification) formalism and Sun´s JavaBean technology. The DEVS provides a means of specifying a mathematical object called a system. JavaBean technology allows the modelers to drag and drop the software components visually and to combine specific JavaBean components to build their software systems. This paper introduces the DEVS-JavaBean simulation environment that contains basic JavaBean components of DEVS so that a modeler can visually change bean properties and relationships between JavaBeans. The reusability of components saves modelers in model development time. In addition, the convenience of JavaBean components such as drag-and-drop and visual modeling makes our simulation environment easy to learn and use

Keywords

Java; discrete event simulation; distributed object management; software reusability; DEVS; Discrete Event System Specification; JavaBean technology; component reusability; component-based simulation; drag-and-drop component; simulation environment; software systems; visual modeling; Cognition; Discrete event simulation; Discrete event systems; Humans; Information management; Java; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Power system planning; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Symposium, 2001. Proceedings. 34th Annual

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1080-241X

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1092-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIMSYM.2001.922149

Filename

922149