A Java-based simulation manager for Web-based simulation

Author

Marr, Charles ; Storey, Christopher ; Biles, William E. ; Kleijnen, Jack P C

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Louisville Univ., KY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1815

Abstract

This paper discusses a Web-based simulation manager program that executes an application service provider (ASP) event for a customer who does not possess the in-house capability to program complex simulations. The utility in using this simulation manager is that the customer needs results in near real-time; that is, approximately the time to run one complete replication of the simulation model plus some overhead time to send the commands necessary to execute the simulation and to process the results. The simulation manager executes simulation studies in a parallel replications format, using either designed experiments or optimization methodologies, by sending the appropriate messages to a set of engine processors to cause the execution of the prescribed simulation trials. It then receives and analyzes the simulation results produced by the simulation engines, and sends a project report to the human customer

Keywords

Internet; Java; digital simulation; information resources; object-oriented programming; optimisation; real-time systems; Java-based simulation manager; Web-based simulation manager; application service provider; customer needs; near real-time system; optimization; overhead time; parallel replications format; project report; simulation engines; Analytical models; Application specific processors; Design optimization; Discrete event simulation; Engines; Humans; Industrial engineering; Java; Management training; Master-slave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2000. Proceedings. Winter

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6579-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2000.899174

Filename

899174