SIMD parallel discrete-event dynamic system simulation

Author

Patsis, Nikos T. ; Chen, Chun-Hung ; Larson, Michael E.

Author_Institution

Div. of Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

1/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

41

Abstract

We present experimental results for a mind-set to discrete-event dynamic system simulation. Rather than attempting to distribute the execution of each design experiment over a parallel single instruction multiple data (SIMD) machine´s multiple processors, we simultaneously simulate a different experiment on each processor. We consider two experimental examples representing possible data communication, manufacturing or traffic networks. Each example´s simulation results demonstrate the efficient combined implementation of the standard clock and ordinal optimization techniques versus parallel “brute force” simulation

Keywords

discrete event simulation; discrete event systems; parallel machines; SIMD parallel discrete-event dynamic system simulation; data communication; manufacturing; ordinal optimization techniques; parallel simulation; standard clock; traffic networks; Clocks; Communication networks; Data communication; Manufacturing; Modeling; Optimization methods; Parallel machines; Space technology; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6536

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/87.553663

Filename

553663