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From: jwa@lanl.gov (Wayne Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: discrete-event simulation in C++
Message-ID: <60862@lanl.gov>
Date: 22 Aug 90 21:27:52 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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Process oriented simulation seems to me to provide a somewhat more natural
way of writing simulations.  However, there also seems to be an efficiency
trade off (as compared to discrete-event simulation).

Herb Schwetman, the author of CSIM, also has a "C++" version but I'm not
sure if he is distributing it as yet.

Another simulator coming down the pike is XSIM being developed by Bob Jump
at Rice.  XSIM is based on, and written in, C++.  It actually is a family
of simulators: ESIM, a discrete-event simulator; PSIM, a process oriented
simulator; and ASIM a parallel computer simulator.  Bob gave me a rough
draft of his user manual and I've been quite impressed.  It looks to me like
they've done a very thorough job.

Wayne