Title :
Parallel and distributed simulation systems
Author :
Fujimoto, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Originating from basic research conducted in the 1970´s and 1980´s, the parallel and distributed simulation field has matured over the last few decades. Today, operational systems have been fielded for applications such as military training, analysis of communication networks, and air traffic control systems, to mention a few. The article gives an overview of technologies to distribute the execution of simulation programs over multiple computer systems. Particular emphasis is placed on synchronization (also called time management) algorithms as well as data distribution techniques
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; parallel programming; synchronisation; air traffic control systems; communication networks; data distribution techniques; distributed simulation systems; military training; operational systems; parallel simulation systems; simulation programs; synchronization algorithms; time management; Air traffic control; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; Discrete event simulation; Distributed computing; Management training; Military computing; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7307-3
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2001.977259
