WSC '81 Proceedings of the 13th conference on Winter simulation - Volume 2
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This paper introduces a simulation system, CAPS, which interacts with an analyst via an on-line dialog and produces a simulation program that is logically consistent and executes on first submittal. CAPS is based upon the use of activity cycles for system decomposition. Activity cycles are discussed and the system demonstrated by the simulation of a computing system. The major advantages of CAPS are the speed with which models can be implemented and its ease of use which permits non-programmers to develop sophisticated models. For example, the demonstration model of an interactive computer system, from the start of the CAPS dialog to simulation output, was 23 minutes at a cost of $3.29.