The Conditional-Event Approach to Distributed Simulation

Abstract

Abstract : This proposes a new conservative approach to distributed simulation that appears to be efficient. Performance measures of the simulator executing queueing network models are discussed. This work departs from earlier work on distributed simulation in two aspects. The topological structure of simulators described in the literature mirrors the structure of the physical system. By contrast, in our method, messages are used for a variety of purposes, and the process interconnection structure of the simulator need not reflect the structure of the physical system. The second difference between the method proposed here and that used in the literature is our use of conditional events, and extension of the concept that forms the basis for sequential simulation. Experimental results on the Intel iPSC/1 running Cosmic C are reported. (KR)

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