Maisie: A Language for the Design of Efficient Discrete-Event Simulations

  • Authors:
  • R. L. Bagrodia;Wen-Toh Liao

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

Maisie is a C-based discrete-event simulation language that was designed to cleanly separate a simulation model from the underlying algorithm (sequential or parallel) used for the execution of the model. With few modifications, a Maisie program may be executed by using a sequential simulation algorithm, a parallel conservative algorithm or a parallel optimistic algorithm. The language constructs allow the run-time system to implement optimizations that reduce recomputation and state saving overheads for optimistic simulations and synchronization overheads for conservative implementations. This paper presents the Maisie simulation language, describes a set of optimizations, and illustrates the use of the language in the design of efficient parallel simulations.