Combining object orientation and dataflow modelling in the VISSION simulation system

Author

Telea, Alexandru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

65

Abstract

Scientific visualization and simulation frameworks mostly use data/event flow mechanisms for simulation specification, control, and interactivity. Even though object orientation powerfully and elegantly models many application domains, integration of OO libraries in such systems remains difficult. The elegance and simplicity of OO design gets lost in the integration phase, as most systems do not support combination of OO and dataflow concepts. We propose a general-purpose OO visualization and simulation system which addresses simulation design, control and interactivity by merging OO and dataflow modelling in a single abstraction. The system´s advantages over similar ones are illustrated by a comprehensive set of examples

Keywords

data flow computing; data visualisation; digital simulation; object-oriented programming; OO design; OO libraries; VISSION simulation system; data/event flow mechanisms; dataflow concepts; dataflow modelling; general-purpose OO visualization; integration phase; object orientation; scientific visualization; simulation design; simulation frameworks; simulation specification; single abstraction; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Condition monitoring; Libraries; Medical simulation; Object oriented modeling; Power system modeling; User interfaces; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 1999. Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Nancy

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-0275-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TOOLS.1999.778999

Filename

778999