Performance Directed Simulation

technical reportThe overall scientific objective of this research was to develop techniques for speeding up discrete event simulation (DES) programs in applications such as simulation of computer architectures, communication networks, battlefield scenarios, etc. Such simulations often require prohibitive amounts of time on conventional computing hardware. Several major successes and important new results were obtained during the grant period in this problem domain. The most significant results are summarized in the following areas: Optimistic and Conservative Synchronization Mechanisms; Special Purpose Hardware for Discrete Event Simulation