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Discrete Event Formalisms and Simulation Model Development

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Simulation and Model-Based Methodologies: An Integrative View

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The theory and techniques of discrete event modelling and simulation have advanced substantially over the past two decades. An integrative approach, making use of discrete event formalisms, should now be used when developing computer simulations. An important formalism is the DEVS model — a mathematical representation of the class of discrete event systems. Other formalisms, such as modelling strategies, provide a “world view” in which to conceptualize the simulation model.

In this chapter, the formalisms are first described. Next, detailed case studies of simulations within three problem domains are considered: (1) insect population dynamics; (2) nuclear waste management; and (3) computer communication networks. For each case study, the formalisms are shown as intimately intertwined in the model formulation and simulation development.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside, 92521, Riverside, California, USA

    Sudhir Aggarwal

  2. Bell Laboratories, 07974, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA

    Sudhir Aggarwal

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Tuncer I. Ören

  2. Computer Science Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Illinois, USA

    Bernard P. Zeigler

  3. Computer Science Department, Dutch Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Maurice S. Elzas

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Aggarwal, S. (1984). Discrete Event Formalisms and Simulation Model Development. In: Ören, T.I., Zeigler, B.P., Elzas, M.S. (eds) Simulation and Model-Based Methodologies: An Integrative View. NATO ASI Series, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82144-8_12

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