Object oriented visual interactive simulation
WSC' 90 Proceedings of the 22nd conference on Winter simulation
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The SIMSCRIPT II. 5 simulation language with its integrated dynamic graphics package, SIMGRAPHICS, substantially reduces the time and effort to produce a simulation when compared to general purpose languages.Its structured English syntax improves readability and reduces some of the need for documentation. This syntax is supported by powerful libraries to relieve the programmer of substantial amounts of work by pushing it onto the computer.SIMGRAPHICS adds graphics to a program to display results dynamically. Graphics in most programs takes thousands of lines of code. SIMGRAPHICS reduces this task to a few lines of code with mouse-and-menu graphics editors.All of this adds up to major improvements in productivity in programming. Rapid prototypes with dynamic graphics can be written in a few days. Code is open to inspection by non-programmers. Results are faster and more reliable.