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A survey of modelling and simulation software frameworks using Discrete Event System Specification

Authors Romain Franceschini, Paul-Antoine Bisgambiglia, Luc Touraille, Paul Bisgambiglia, David Hill

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  • DEVS
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  • Modelling
  • Simulation

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Abstract

Discrete Event System Specification is an extension of the Moore machine formalism which is used for modelling and analyzing general systems. This hierarchical and modular formalism is time event based and is able to represent any continuous, discrete or combined discrete and
continuous systems. Since its introduction by B.P. Zeigler at the beginning of the eighties, most general modelling formalisms able to represent dynamic systems have been subsumed by DEVS. Meanwhile, the modelling and simulation (M&S) community has introduced various software
frameworks supporting DEVS-based simulation analysis capability. DEVS has been used in many application domains and this paper will present a technical survey of the major DEVS implementations and software frameworks. We introduce a set of criteria in order to highlight
the main features of each software tool, then we propose a table and discussion enabling a fast comparison of the presented frameworks.

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Romain Franceschini, Paul-Antoine Bisgambiglia, Luc Touraille, Paul Bisgambiglia, and David Hill. A survey of modelling and simulation software frameworks using Discrete Event System Specification. In 2014 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 43, pp. 40-49, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014) https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.ICCSW.2014.40

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Romain Franceschini
Paul-Antoine Bisgambiglia
Luc Touraille
Paul Bisgambiglia
David Hill

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