A Performance-Based Comparison of Object-Oriented Simulation Tools

Abstract

This paper compares the performance and features of five different tools for object-oriented simulation. Three of the tools (MODSIM II, SES/workbench, and Sim++) are commercial products that are targeted exclusively at simulation work. Also examined are simulations in Smalltalk-80 and our own, non-commercial C++ simulation library, called MOOSE (MITRE Object-Oriented Simulation Executive). For each of the tools, we discuss the support for simulation, the support for object-oriented design and the degree to which these areas are effectively integrated. We report the results of performance testing of the tools using six concise benchmarks, each devised to test a specific feature, and one larger simulation, devised to compare general performance. Also included are partial results on ERIC, an object-oriented simulation tool developed at Rome Laboratories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA252125

Entities

People

  • Edward H. Bensley
  • Jonathan I. Leivent
  • Ronald J. Watro
  • Victor T. Giddings

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Generators
  • Language
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Object-Oriented Programming Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulation Languages
  • Software Development
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Data
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications