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From: korsberg@abaa.uucp (Ed Korsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,gnu.g++
Subject: Re: discrete-event simulation in C++
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Date: 22 Aug 90 11:47:46 GMT
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In article <5845@castle.ed.ac.uk> ecsv38@castle.ed.ac.uk (S Manoharan) writes:
>But, could someone tell me how event-based simulations compare
>with process-based simulations with respect to:
>   1. Ease of development
>   2. Code updatability and maintainability
>   3. Code size
>   4. .....
>
>Are event-based simulations stuffs of stone-age?
>

I think process based simulations are more appropriate for modeling 
multi-tasking computer systems.  It would also seem to be more 
"object oriented" than event based simulations in that an object can be
modeled independently of another object.

Event based simulations still have their place but I believe that process
based simulations have replaced it for most models.

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