ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
Parallel discrete event simulation
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on simulation
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Computer organization & design: the hardware/software interface
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Consistency maintenance in multiresolution simulation
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
A framework for performance analysis of parallel discrete event simulators
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Proceedings of the 29th conference on Winter simulation
Performance analysis of time warp simulation with cascading rollbacks
PADS '98 Proceedings of the twelfth workshop on Parallel and distributed simulation
Unsynchronized parallel discrete event simulation
Proceedings of the 30th conference on Winter simulation
Performance prediction of a parallel simulator
PADS '99 Proceedings of the thirteenth workshop on Parallel and distributed simulation
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ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
Dynamic component substitution in web-based simulation
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation
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Simulation Model Design and Execution: Building Digital Worlds
The Designer's Guide to VHDL
Discrete Mathematical Structures with Applications to Computer Science
Discrete Mathematical Structures with Applications to Computer Science
Performance Analysis of Time Warp with Multiple Homogeneous Processors
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Process combination to increase event granularity in parallel logic simulation
IPPS '95 Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Parallel Processing
Towards a Threads-Based Parallel Direct Execution Simulator
HICSS '96 Proceedings of the 29th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Volume 1: Software Technology and Architecture
Enabling Large-Scale Simulation: Selective Abstraction Approach to the Study of Multicast Protocol
MASCOTS '98 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
Web-based simulation 2: performance prediction of dynamic component substitutions
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Connection-oriented Networks: SONET/SDH, ATM, MPLS and Optical Networks
Connection-oriented Networks: SONET/SDH, ATM, MPLS and Optical Networks
Accelerating Spatially Explicit Simulations of Spread of Lyme Disease
ANSS '05 Proceedings of the 38th annual Symposium on Simulation
Predicting Performance of Resolution Changes in Parallel Simulations
Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation
Performance prediction of large-scale parallel discrete event models of physical systems
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Applying parallel, dynamic-resolution simulations to accelerate VLSI power estimation
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
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Multi-resolution models are often used to accelerate simulation-based analysis without significantly impacting the fidelity of the simulations. We have developed a web-enabled, component-based, multi-resolution modeling and Time Warp synchronized parallel simulation environment called WESE (Web-Enabled Simulation Environment). WESE uses a methodology called Dynamic Component Substitution (DCS) to enable abstractions or refinements to a given model. However, effectively utilizing abstractions, whether they are DCS-based or not, is a complex and time-consuming task. The complexity arises because not all abstractions improve simulation performance due to a myriad of factors related to model characteristics, synchronization protocol overheads and simulation-platform configuration. The overheads involved in identifying optimal model resolution have been exacerbating effective use of multi-resolution simulations, including our DCS-based approach. In an endeavor to minimize the time taken to identify performance impacts of resolution changes, this study proposes a DCS Performance Prediction Methodology (DCSPPM). It predicts simulation performance changes due to DCS transformations via static analysis of the model. Static analysis uses platform-specific performance characteristics of components constituting the model. DCSPPM yields quantitative estimates of performance impacts which are used by the modeler to select appropriate transformations. This article presents DCSPPM, its implementation in WESE and its empirical evaluation. The inferences drawn from the experiments prove that DCSPPM estimates have errors of less than 5% for a variety of models. Furthermore, DCSPPM executes orders of magnitude faster than corresponding shortest test simulations. Note that applicability of DCSPPM is not restricted to WESE but can be extended to other Time Warp synchronized simulators.