INCREMENTAL SIMULATION ON A TIME-SHARED COMPUTER.
Abstract
The thesis describes a system which allows simulation models to be built and tested incrementally. It is called OPS-4 and is specifically designed to operate in the environment of the Multics system. It represents a major expansion and improvement of the OPS-3 system implemented in CTSS and also includes many features adapted from other current simulation systems. The PL/1 language, augmented by many additional statements and new data objects, provides the basis for defining models in OPS-4. A list of desirable features for an incremental simulation system is presented and it is shown how OPS-4 incorporates these features, whereas other current simulation systems satisfy only some of them and are not suitable for use in time-shared environment. A simplified model of page and segment fault handling in Multics illustrates some of the features OPS-4 provides to allow the user to continuously interact with a model during its construction, testing and running phases. It also illustrates how the user himself may portray portions of a model that are not yet defined. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0662225
Entities
People
- Malcolm M. Jones
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology