Introduction to Slam II/sup R/ and Slamsystem/sup R/

Abstract

SLAM II is a general-purpose language which has been used since 1979 to model a wide variety of systems: manufacturing operations, transportation systems, communication networks, computer systems, military operations and material handling systems, just to name a few. Experience with these applications, plus development in simulation research, have led to the expansion of the language throughout its lifetime. The ease of using the SLAM II language was greatly increased by the introduction of SLAMSYSTEM in 1988; SLAMSYSTEM Version 4.0 is the most recent release, arriving in 1993. SLAMSYSTEM is an integrated simulation system based on the Microsoft Windows interface (under MS-DOS) or the OS/2 Presentation Manager. This tutorial will demonstrate the process of building, analyzing, and presenting SLAM II simulation models using SLAMSYSTEM.