JavaBean-based simulation with a decision making bean

In this paper a methodology is introduced to ease Web-based simulation development: component-based development with a decision making bean. Component-based development, which permits use of drag and drop development, can reduce development time significantly since it requires no coding. Also, a decision making bean simplifies definition of logical relationships among components. This paper introduces the JavaBeans Discrete Simulation (JBDS) system which contains a library of basic components for simulation models with a decision making bean. With JBDS, a user can easily perform “what-if” analysis by changing a component´s attributes or relationships among components, since a user can visually change bean attributes in a bean builder tool