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Visual Interactive Simulation — History, recent developments, and major issues

Peter C. Bell

School of Business Administration The University of Western Ontario London, Canada N6A 3K7

Robert M. O'Keefe

Board of Studies in Management Science University of Kent Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX England

Visual Interactive Simulation (VIS) has dominated discrete-event simulation in the United Kingdom throughout the eighties. Con ceived and initially implemented by Hurrion (1976), who also coined the phrase, VIS first gained widespread exposure through the package SEE-WHY The ideas behind VIS are fundamentally different from what is referred to in the United States as anima tion, since the prime motivator is user interaction with the run ning simulation, rather than just portrayal of the simulation.

After presenting a short history of VIS, we will discuss some of the research and development that has been undertaken in the United Kingdom and North America. Following presentation of an example, the state of VIS and a number of generally accepted guidelines for doing VIS are discussed.

A number of recent developments, many of them also relevant to animation, and four major issues in the research and prac tice of VIS are presen ted.

Key Words: animation • discrete simulation • interactive pro grams • transportation

SIMULATION, Vol. 49, No. 3, 109-116 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/003754978704900304
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