Using specification and description language to define and implement discrete simulation models

  • Authors:
  • Pau Fonseca i Casas

  • Affiliations:
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2010 Summer Computer Simulation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The formal languages become important tools since they allow the complete understanding of the model and help in its implementation. However only a few simulation tools allow an automatic execution of a simulation model based in a formalization of the system. Specification and Description Language is a modern object oriented graphical formal language that allows the definition of distributed systems. It has focused on the modeling of reactive, state/event driven systems, and has been standardized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in the Z.100. Since it is a graphical formalism simplifies the understanding of the model. In this paper we show how we can use Specification and Description Language to represent a discrete simulation model. We propose a solution, implemented in SDLPS, regarding how to manage the time in Specification and Description Language. Also, we show how SDLPS infrastructure allows a distribute simulation of the models.