Paper Info
Title
A Simulation Approach to Facilitate Parallel and Distributed Discrete-Event Simulator Development
Abstract
Efficiently simulating discrete-event models in a parallel and distributed manner is a challenging endeavour. On one hand, various factors, such as hardware infrastructure or model characteristics, have to be considered. On the other hand, there is a wide variety of algorithms which address subproblems of parallel and distributed simulation and whose performance depends on the application at hand. We illustrate the resulting difficulties with respect to the development of parallel and distributed simulation systems and argue that the simulation of distributed simulation systems is a feasible approach to alleviate them. To underpin this, we introduce SIMSIM, a sequential simulator for parallel and distributed simulation systems. SIMSIM's pertinency is illustrated by the development of a load balancing algorithm for PDEVS. The algorithm's performance is analysed using SIMSIM and the predicted performance is compared to the performance of its implementation in the simulation system JAMES II.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/DS-RT.2006.5
DS-RT
Keywords
Field
DocType
wide variety,simulation system,sequential simulator,simulation approach,discrete-event simulator development,model characteristic,challenging endeavour,various factor,hardware infrastructure,james ii,feasible approach,discrete-event model,numerical simulation,discrete event simulation,parallel algorithms,resource allocation
Computer simulation,Simulation system,Computer architecture simulator,Parallel algorithm,Load balancing (computing),Computer science,Simulation,Resource allocation,Computational steering,Discrete event simulation,Distributed computing
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1550-6525
0-7695-2697-7
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.93
14
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Roland Ewald126722.59
Jan Himmelspach221418.19
Adelinde M. Uhrmacher375581.53
Dan Chen418713.44
Georgios K. Theodoropoulos518920.78