Modern machinery, such as automobiles, trains and aircraft, are equipped with embedded distributed computer control systems where the software implemented functionality is steadily increasing. The development of such systems, however, is still a relatively new and young discipline. There is consequently a lack of tools, methods and models to support, in particular, the early architectural desig...

Modern machinery, such as automobiles, trains and aircraft, are equipped with embedded distributed computer control systems where the software implemented functionality is steadily increasing. The development of such systems, however, is still a relatively new and young discipline. There is consequently a lack of tools, methods and models to support, in particular, the early architectural desig...

The Hierarchical Architecture Simulation Environment (HASE) is a tool for modelling and simulating computer architectures. Using HASE, designers can create and explore architectural designs at different levels of abstraction through a graphical interface based on X-Windows/Motif and can view the results of the simulation through animation of the design drawings. This chapter describes the desig...

Modern large scaled buildings are erected on rather complex foundations. The design and analysis of these geotechnical systems requires a high quality of computer modelling and simulation. Therefore, it is necessary to model all geotechnical structural elements in a realistic and practice-oriented way. Due to the complexity of geotechnical structures object-oriented models are most appropriate....

Recent work indicates simulation of dynamic network behaviour may be used as an effective tool for predicting network performance, for the near future. Conclusions from such simulation, when applied to network performance, can greatly enhance network management. To accomplish this, such simulation must be performed in real time, with the consequent effect of drastically reducing both modelling ...

Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a widely{used software system that permits a heterogeneous collection of computers networked together to be viewed by a user's program as a single distributed{memory parallel machine. In this paper, the application of simulation to develop a functional and performance model of the PVM system and PVM applications running in an open workstations environment was i...

In an environment such as underwater channel where placing test equipments are difficult to handle, it is much practical to have hardware simulators to examine suitably designed transceivers (transmitter/receiver). The simulators of this kind will then allow researchers to observe their intentions and carry out repetitive tests to find suitable digital coding/decoding algorithms. In this p...

Reaction-diffusion systems often play an important role in systems biology when developmental processes are involved. Traditional methods of modelling and simulating such systems require substantial prior knowledge of mathematics and/or simulation algorithms. Such skills may impose a challenge for biologists, when they are not equally well-trained in mathematics and computer science. Coloured P...