Distributed Object Oriented Simulation Toolset

: Many simulation problems can take advantage of distributed simulation approach when dealing with the huge time- or space- complexity and the conventional sequential solution is not satisfying. We have proposed and implemented an object-oriented toolset for developing both sequential and conservative distributed simulation architectures, based on a sound formal background and our previous experience. Hierarchical structuring of model components is supported. Different distributed simulation mechanisms may be chosen for synchronisation of simulation processors. Lookahead information can be extracted from model description and used to speed-up the simulation run. KEYWORDS: Discrete-event simulation, distributed simulation, simulation support systems, lookahead, object-oriented approach. 1. Introduction An object oriented approach is often applied in the simulation area, usually because problems being solved can be described as a set of objects and interactions among them. We are conce..