Multilevel abstraction of discrete models in an interactive object-oriented simulation environment /
Simulation tends to be an arduous task involving many runs, configuration changes, and difficult data interpretation. The increased availability of object-oriented languages and sophistication of graphical user interfaces provides an outstanding opportunity for the development of interactive environ...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Simulation tends to be an arduous task involving many runs, configuration changes, and difficult data interpretation. The increased availability of object-oriented languages and sophistication of graphical user interfaces provides an outstanding opportunity for the development of interactive environments that challenge traditional simulation methodology. This research represents an effort towards simplifying and speeding up the overall simulation process (from planning through analysis) with the introduction a unique interactive object-oriented simulation environment. The primary objectives of this research were to develop discrete event simulation model components at different levels of abstraction in an object-oriented environment with transparent consistency; to dynamically examine extracted run-time components at a level of abstraction different from the remainder of the simulation experiment itself; and to dynamically alter simulation model components at various levels and to propagate the impact while maintaining transparent consistency within the model during the simulation experiment An interactive object-oriented simulation environment called SimBuilder was developed that features generic objects which may be interactively, iteratively, and recursively tailored by the user to accurately model a domain specific system. In fact, during the initialization various components may be specified at different levels while yet creating an integrated simulation. While a vehicular traffic simulation was developed as a part of this research, the techniques demonstrated can be carried over to any networks model in general, and certainly networks in particular. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major subject: Computer Science". |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 228 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |