An Environment for Simulation of Distributed Systems
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine the feasibility of developing an environment for simulating the operations of distributed systems and mapping them into a parallel architecture. The distributed systems will consist of a hardware architecture and an application which in this case is a discrete event simulation. The application is executed under two operating systems: a distributed operating system (Cronus) and a native operating system which is a function of the host processor. From an analysis perspective, the two operating systems are considered part of the application and will be modeled accordingly. The hardware architecture consists of a set of (possibly heterogeneous) processors connected via an interconnection network. The application (simulation and the operating systems) is decomposed into functions and distributed to various hosts. The interprocessor communication among processors is handled by the distributed operating system Cronus while the local requirements are served by the native operating system. There will be heavy interaction between the distributed operating system and the native operating system of each host processor.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA239068