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One particular simulation language may be better suited than another, or than any other, for the implementation of a simulation model because its “world view” more closely matches that of the applications are or modelling technique chosen; in fact, many simulation languages were designed to address a particular problem type, and their world view is, therefore, often restricted only to problems of this type. Simulation languages which include higher-level, general purpose programming facilities (possibly inherited from a host language) allow enrichment of the environment by addition of new objects and operations, and can be used to explore proposed modelling techniques and languages. SIMULA was intentionally designed to be extensible from within the language itself, and is ideally suited for prototyping of this sort.
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Brehaut, W.M., Kettenis, D.L., Javey, S., Mermet, J., Concepcion, A.I. (1984). Impact of Formalisms on Model Specification. 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_22
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