WSC '81 Proceedings of the 13th conference on Winter simulation - Volume 1
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In 1979, the state-of-the-art in simulation languages was extended with the introduction of SLAMTM, the first language that provided three different modeling viewpoints in a single integrated framework.(5) SLAM permits discrete event, continuous, and network modeling perspectives and/or any combination of the three to be implemented in a single model. SLAM represented a significant breakthrough in simulation methods development, as it provided the flexibility to use the most appropriate world view for the system being studied. This improved upon the more traditional situation in which simulation modelers were restricted to the modeling perspective embodied in the language they were using. The success of this new approach was readily apparent.