Title
Experience with concurrent simulation
Abstract
We have successfully implemented a concurrent simulator and we report initial speedup measurements for this technique. Our algorithm requires a shared-memory multiprocessor and is appropriate to any discrete-event simulation model. In addition, our algorithm places no constraints on minimum service times or the presence of cycles in the simulation model. Our experimental simulator runs on an Encore Multimax computer and is applicable to closed product-form queueing networks. We have observed speedups of 2.3 for a central-server queueing model using our simulator.
Year
DOI
Venue
1989
10.1145/76738.76833
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
discrete-event simulation model,concurrent simulator,minimum service time,closed product-form,simulation model,initial speedup measurement,experimental simulator,concurrent simulation,encore multimax computer,central-server queueing model,shared-memory multiprocessor,discrete event simulation,gpss,topology
Computer science,Simulation,Multiprocessing,Layered queueing network,Queueing theory,GPSS,Speedup,Discrete event simulation
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-911801-58-8
8
4.47
References 
Authors
13
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Douglas W. Jones130454.61
Chien-Chun Chou2145.56
Debra Renk384.47
Steven C. Bruell414229.83