This paper describes selected e-learning materials developed as part of a cooperative simulationsupported learning initiative for university courses on discrete event simulation. These materials include Java applets for teaching general simulation concepts, as well as a web tutorial and an Internet-hosted simulation laboratory which teaches how to use a simulation framework in Java. 1 Motivatio...

This paper describes a software enviroment devised to support parallel and sequential discrete-event simulation. It provides assistance to the user in issues such as selection of the synchronization protocol to be used in the execution of the simulation model. The software framework has been built upon the bulk-synchronous model of parallel computing. The well-defined structure of this model al...

In discrete event systems, the supervisor controls events to satisfy the control specifications given by formal languages. However a precise description of the specifications and the discrete event systems is required for constructing the supervisor. So, this paper proposes a method to construct a supervisor based on a reinforcement learning for partially observed discrete event systems. In the...

In the past decade, parallel processing has gained very signiicant advances in all fronts of the theory, systems, and applications. However, despite years of research and its apparent signiicance, parallel simulation remains a major outstanding challenge. In particular, there has been no simulation system which facilitates an early prediction of the program performance. In this report, we docum...

This paper describes important features of JAPROSIM, a free and open source simulation library implemented in Java programming language. It provides a framework for building discrete event simulation models. The process interaction world view adopted by JAPROSIM is discussed. We present the architecture and major components of the simulation library. A pedagogical example is given in order to i...

The paper discusses a layered design for a discrete event simulation framework based on the Beta programming language. A description of goals and motivation of simulation modelling is followed by a brief characterization of Beta and its suitability for work this area. After some general comments on the history and state of simulation programming the design of the BetaSIM framework is illustrate...

S imul:llion mimics a physical process to ,'c:M)' correctness. identify errors. and generulc performance estimates before designers fabricate a prototype. Digital hardware designs. industrial control circuits. and aircrJrt arc usually simulmcd cltlcnsivcly. Time-based simulation techniques are efficient for processes whose activities arc concentrated:1t regular time intervals thaI c:m bc determ...

AbstructComplex models may have model components distributed over a network and generally require significant execution times. The field of parallel and distributed simulation has grown over the past fifteen years to accommodate the need of simulation the complex models using a distributed versus sequential method. In particular, asynchronous parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) has been w...

Test beds for multi-agent systems provide the means for experimenting with multiple agents that act and interact concurrently in their environment. Mostly, test beds constitute specialized tools which provide speci c scenarios for testing speci c agentarchitectures. To facilitate reuse and a exible compositional construction of experimental frames for multiagent systems, JAMES, a Java Based Age...