Hierarchical modeling and distributed simulation with HIT

• Main Authors: Warda, A. M., Sczittnick, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation types and techniques > Discrete-event simulation; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation types and techniques > Distributed simulation; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation types and techniques > Massively parallel and high-performance simulations; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Designing software > Software implementation planning > Software design techniques; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software development process management; Theory of computation > Models of computation > Concurrency; Theory of computation > Models of computation > Concurrency > Parallel computing models
• ISSN: 0163-6103
• DOI: 10.1145/268826.268914

The Hierarchical Tool HIT is a software tool for hierarchical modeling and performance evaluation of discrete event systems. Besides analytical and numerical solution techniques HIT provides the evaluation of models by sequential simulation. Here we present concepts for optimistic distributed simulation of HIT-models by partitioning them with respect to subhierarchies. The main goals of the concept being presented are the preservation of model structure even in lower levels of the realization (e.g. use of the process view of simulation throughout all levels of abstraction) and distribution transparency on the modeling level (homogeneous model specification for all solution techniques).