Introduction to the General Simulation System GSS and its application to communication systems

The GSS provides a complete environment for modeling discrete event simulation and for analyzing complex dynamic systems. This system has been used to build models, run simulations, and analyze both radio and switched communications systems for the US Government and commercial communications companies. These tools provide significant time and cost savings when building large-scale models and simulations. Features include typing in hundreds of data sets containing thousands of sample points for scenario input files and data collection output files. Also included are automated facilities for parametric and sensitivity analysis, and optimizations. Additional capabilities include the multi-computer option to run a simulation on more than one computer and the real-time option to run a simulation in real-time. Graphics facilities provide for model development and documentation, run-time animation of the network and mechanisms of interest, and graphic representation of statistical results