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Abstract : |
This paper focuses on the High Level Architecture for reusable and interoperable distributed simulation, platform independence, and how classical simulation tools can fit into this new arena. The current integration efforts focus on GPSS/H and SLX; in this paper the GPSS/H track is described. The experiences using the standard GPSS/H version and the reasons for a Java implementation of GPSS/H, JavaGPSS, are sketched. The introduction of JavaGPSS and the incorporation of distributed simulation mechanisms based on HLA into this tool build the main issue of the remainder of this paper. New application areas are mentioned as an outlook on this new dynamic technology. 1 DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION In the past few years, the field of distributed simulation, driven by the rapid expansion and acceptance of the Internet and its multimedia front-end, the WWW, has become one of the most promising and challenging technologies in modeling and simulation. The large number of different approaches to distribute and interoperate simulations (e.g. Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol ALSP, Distributed Interactive Simulation DIS) has now lead to a unifying approach, the High Level Architecture (HLA), which has the challenging vision to support its predecessors and different time regimes., |
