Abstract

Parallel computers offer the ability to reduce the run-time of large and complex discrete event simulations. Most research into Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES) is based on libraries for existing languages, such as C and C++. This library-based approach exposes the user to the synchronisation protocols used to ensure that events are processed in the correct order, and produces simulators that are less expressive than simulation-oriented languages (for example, Simula and MODSIM II). The use of a simulation-oriented language for PDES allows the synchronisation protocols to be hidden from the user and enables optimisations to be performed that are usually difficult or cumbersome, such as granularity control. A simulation-oriented language could therefore improve the usability of PDES, the lack of which has generally inhibited its widespread take-up. This thesis focuses on the run-time support needed for simulation-oriented languages for PDES using a new language cal...

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