Design of a distributed concurrent simulation environment

Thesis/Dissertation · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7127167

Chandrasekaran, U

Objective of this research were to design a parallel algorithm, to identify the language requirements for distributed simulation, and to develop a concurrent language based prototype. An asynchronous simulation algorithm with synchronization protocols was designed based on the relaxation technique suggested by Jones and Schwarz for constructing parallel solutions to general problems. A minimal set of simulation primitives was identified and provided as extensions to a concurrent host language, namely, the Ada programming language. The support functions such as random deviate generation, statistics collection, and queue handling were implemented as tasks - the concurrent programming units of Ada. The extended relaxation algorithm was implemented as a task type. A preprocessor that translates the extensions into executable Ada language constructs, creates the control environment, and binds the user-defined model with the support function packages and the control modules was developed in the Ada language. The encapsulation, tasking, generic, and separate compilation features of the Ada language were used extensively in the development of this prototype. A fully operational distributed concurrent environment for simulation was built.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7127167
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990210* -- Supercomputers-- (1987-1989)
990300 -- Information Handling
ADA
ALGORITHMS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DATA PROCESSING
DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PROCESSING
PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
QUEUES
SIMULATION