SIMULATION

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Register here to gain access to SAGE's 500+ Journals Online

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Chang, W.
Right arrow Articles by Jones, L.R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
SIMULATION, Vol. 63, No. 2, 96-104 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/003754979406300204

Other

Message-Oriented Discrete Event Simulation

W. Chang

Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Columbia University 630 W.168th St. New York, NY 10032

L.R. Jones

Dept. of Animal Science Cornell University 272 Morrison Hall Ithaca, NY 14853

A message-oriented discrete event simulation algorithm has been developed which incorporates the concepts of object- oriented programming, distributed simulation and concurrent programming to simulate concurrent objects in a seguential environment. This algorithm extends the concept of messages from a means of program execution to a criterion for event scheduling. Two functions, Sync msg and Async-msg, were defined to control the interaction, concurrency and event scheduling among objects in a simulation model. The message approach, compared to the conventional algorithms, provides a more flexible and intuitive way to develop simulation models. This simulation approach allows models to represent their real-world counterparts more accurately. Also, it provides an opportunity for the simulation developers to view a model in a seguential environment as if it were in a concurrent environment. Consequently, such simulation techniques improve the overall structure of a model and provide an intuitive approach for utilizing modern computer technologies.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?