{"title":"Techniques for implementing fast processor simulators","authors":"M. Moudgill","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668450","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we describe techniques that enable the implementation of a fast processor simulator. These techniques have been used to implement a detailed out-of-order processor simulator called Turandot that executes over 350 million instructions per hour.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120960442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How can we study large and complex systems","authors":"C. Pham, H. Brunst, S. Fdida","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668466","url":null,"abstract":"Simulation and performance evaluation have been tightly linked together over the past years. If traditional simulation techniques are now widespread and well-understood by a large number of users, this is not the case for distributed simulation used only by a few researchers. The authors demonstrate that parallel and distributed simulation techniques can be used to simulate large and complex models of ATM networks for performance evaluation. The CSAM tool has been developed for that purpose. The test model consists of a large ATM network with a load-balanced routing scheme that relies on link cost functions to distribute the load.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121672121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Model reduction: some results","authors":"L. Chwif, M. Barretto, M. Santoro","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668464","url":null,"abstract":"Simulation is becoming a popular tool, aided by the development of powerful and faster computers, new features like parallel and distributed simulation and easier simulation software that allows to reduce the time to implement a model. In spite of that, the cycle time of a simulation study is still long. The paper presents some remarks on model reduction reasoning and how, through this, the time of a simulation study could be reduced. The discussion is based on the example of Kienbaum and Paul (1994) of the pub problem, using a simplification of their H-ACD representation to describe the original and reduced models. The models are implemented and the results obtained shows their statistical equivalence which suggests the feasibility of this approach.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132827237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decision-support systems and simulation for logistics: Moving forward for a distributed, real-time, interactive simulation environment","authors":"A. Bruzzone, P. Giribone","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668417","url":null,"abstract":"Logistics constitutes a very complex reality that requires a high level of co-ordination among many different entities. In the maritime environment this problem is very difficult to solve. The authors propose an innovative approach based on the extensive use of simulation and virtual reality in a web environment as a wired decision support system. The paper presents projects that have been developed in this sector and new research under development.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130878507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structured parallel simulation modeling and programming","authors":"Y. M. Teo, S. Tay, Siew Theng Kong","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668472","url":null,"abstract":"Parallel discrete-event simulation research has focused mainly on designing efficient parallel simulation protocols. However, the exploitation of parallel simulation technology in real-life applications has been hindered mainly by the lack of simulation support tools. The paper describes the design of SPaDES (Structured Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation), a parallel simulation environment for developing portable simulation models, and a platform for design experimentation of parallel simulation synchronization protocols. An implementation of the environment, SPaDES/C/sub ++/, cleanly separates simulation modeling and programming from the details of parallelization such as parallel simulation synchronization and parallel programming. For ease of portability and modular design, SPaDES/C/sub ++/ is implemented as a parallel simulation library. A comparison of SPaDES/C/sub ++/ with CSim and Simscript using two application examples is discussed.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129996928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-fidelity distributed simulation of local area networks","authors":"L. Ricciulli","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668483","url":null,"abstract":"The Adaptable Network COntrol and Reporting System (ANCORS) project merges technology from network management, active networking, and distributed simulation in a unified paradigm to assist in the assessment, control, and design of computer networks. After motivating their approach to network engineering, the author describes an initial ANCORS prototype system. In particular, the author describes a high-fidelity model of a Unix-based networking protocol stack, and characterize and compare two different distributed simulation synchronization mechanisms that were used to simulate an Ethernet-based local area network.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122471464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual time window for balancing progress on parallel optimistic protocol and its effect on computation granularity","authors":"Eunmi Choi","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668415","url":null,"abstract":"Scheduling events on parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) affects the performance of parallel optimistic simulation significantly. As an event scheduling scheme, the virtual time window (VTW) protocol is applied. The virtual time window has influences not only on balancing the progress of logical processes, but also on adjusting the computation granularity between two consecutive interprocessor communications. The author investigates various performance aspects of the virtual time window protocol for parallel optimistic logic circuit simulation on a cluster of SUN Ultra workstations interconnected by a 100 Mbps Ethernet. With the goal of designing an adaptive optimistic synchronization protocol, the author measures and interprets the influence of the control parameter, i.e., the size of time window, on the various aspects of the simulation state, such as rollback and communication costs, which are related to the dynamic state of parallel logic circuit simulation. In addition, execution activity and simulation progress are considered.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"415 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128808539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On some aspects of modeling and dimensioning in broadband access networks","authors":"Z. Hulicki","doi":"10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1998.668460","url":null,"abstract":"Modeling and dimensioning problems in broadband access networks, including a description of the broadband environment and development of the suitable traffic reference models and bandwidth resource dimensioning rules have been discussed. Despite uncertainty with regard to future traffic and service characteristics, which cannot be predicted accurately, it has proved possible to make a reasonable estimate of demand for services to be used in a pilot installation of the broadband access network. The system architecture and the implications of the service attributes and traffic characteristics on the network topology as well as its evolutionary upgrade path have been also outlined.","PeriodicalId":339060,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 31st Annual Simulation Symposium","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124253537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}