Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!umd5!uvaarpa!mcnc!gatech!uflorida!simulation From: simulation@ufl.edu (SIMULATION DIGEST) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: SIMULATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS Message-ID: <14326@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 7 Apr 88 21:14:19 GMT Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: simulation@ufl.edu Lines: 60 Approved: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida Send topical mail to: simulation@ufl.edu OR simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Send administrative mail (subscribing/unsubscribing) to: simulation-request@ufl.edu OR simulation-request@bikini.cis.ufl.edu ________ Contents: ________ Constraint Languages Simulation at RAND ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dave Mankins Message-Id: <8804070102.AA00337@emerald.BBN.COM> To: fishwick@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Borning's constraint languages The book ``Constraint programming languages'' by Wm. Leler (Addison Wesley, 1988) contains a great deal about constraint languages and their creation. He has an extensive bibliography, including references to a number of papers by Borning. You might also try the Science Citation Index (I think that's what it is called). The SCI is a wonderful tool for ``finding out more about something you find described in a paper''. It is a reverse bibliography -- that is, you look up ``Thinglab'', by Alan Borning, and it shows you all the papers that have CITED it in THEIR bibliographies. A great way to start exploring a field. Not a bad way to find out about new fields and surprising new connections among different fields. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: leverich@randvax.UUCP (Brian Leverich) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: Object Oriented Simulations Keywords: Object-oriented, ROSS Message-ID: <1393@randvax.UUCP> Date: 6 Apr 88 14:47:49 GMT Reply-To: leverich@rand-unix.UUCP (Brian Leverich) Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica It's nice to see a news group appear that's dedicated to simulation. RAND is developing lisp- and prolog-based object oriented simulation languages (ROSS, ERNIE, and random other stuff) for mainframes, work stations, and PCs. We are also formulating models (tactical combat models, logistics models, etc.) using these tools. Be nice to know who else is listening into this news group, what kinds of tools they're using, and what sort of modeling they're doing. I would be interested in swapping the usual stories about the speed and capacity of modeling languages, modeling tricks, etc. -- "Simulate it in ROSS" Brian Leverich | U.S. Snail: 1700 Main St. ARPAnet: leverich@rand-unix | Santa Monica, CA 90406 UUCP/usenet: decvax!randvax!leverich | Ma Bell: (213) 393-0411 X7769