The process view of simulation in ADA
Abstract
The process approach to discrete event modelling has been
successfully applied to a broad range of natural and human-made systems.
This approach originated with SIMULA, a general purpose language which
supports the definition of abstract types and processes. Other simulation
languages have been much more widely used however, particularly in North
America.
Now ADA offers the first viable alternative as a base language for the
process view of discrete event modelling. This paper describes a new
approach which retains the advantages of the process view and is also
compatible with the ADA constructs for defining abstract types and
processes. The ADA package and several simulation models are presented
using this package. These models are then compared with the equivalent
SIMULA models.
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Computer Science