Title :
Fundamentals of object-oriented simulation
Author :
Joines, Jeffrey A. ; Roberts, Stephen D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
An object-oriented simulation (OOS) consists of a set of objects that interact with each other over time. This paper provides an introduction to the fundamental OOS design elements by contrasting OOS with its procedural counterpart. It further addresses the important issue of composition versus inheritance that distinguishes object-based from object-oriented languages
Keywords :
digital simulation; object-oriented methods; composition; inheritance; object-oriented simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Functional programming; Hardware; Industrial engineering; Libraries; Object oriented modeling; Power system modeling; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1998. Winter
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5133-9
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1998.744909
