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Studies in distributed simulation

Harous, Saad
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1059575607

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1991, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Computer Engineering.
Performance study of modern computer and communication systems critically depends on our ability to simulate them with reasonable speed, since these systems are often mathematically intractable. Simulation on a uniprocessor is often unacceptably slow. A promising alternative is distributed simulation, i.e., simulating the system on a distributed system of processors that communicate with each other via messages. Several distributed simulation schemes (Chandy79b), (Chandy81), (Jefferson82) have been proposed in literature; but their performance is not well understood. Our Goal in this thesis is to study distributed simulation of various classes of systems. This thesis consists of two parts. In the first part, we have developed a new approach to study the performance of distributed simulation. This approach throws light on the relationship between overhead and performance, and defines more realistic notions of ideal speedup. We have done extensive simulation study of two well known distributed simulation schemes (Chandy79b), (Chandy81) using this approach, with interesting results regarding the above issues. In the second part, we have developed a model of Timed Petri Nets which is more general than known models in terms of modeling convenience. Also, we have presented an approach towards distributed simulation of this model.
Devendra Kumar (Advisor)
130 p.
Computer Science
Distributed simulation

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  • Harous, S. (1991). Studies in distributed simulation [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1059575607

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harous, Saad. Studies in distributed simulation. 1991. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1059575607.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harous, Saad. "Studies in distributed simulation." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1059575607

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