Combined Continuous/Discrete Simulation Applications:
Techniques and Tools
Abstract
Beside from purely discrete event and/or continuous system simulations, there
exists yet another simulation methodology that combines both classes of
simulations into one. It is often possible to model one and the same system by
use of completely different world views. Several papers have been written in
which one particular application was modeled once by use of continuous system
simulation, and once by use of discrete event simulation. Both techniques may
eventually lead to the same answers. Sometimes however, one technique lends
itself more easily to answering some particular questions about a system while
the other is more convenient for answering some other questions about the same
system. Thus, before the modeler can decide which methodology best to employ,
he must know what purposes his model is going to be used for. In this paper,
we want to describe applications that call for a combined continuous/discrete
modeling methodology together with the techniques (concepts) that characterize
this type of simulation approach. We shall also describe briefly what
simulation systems are currently on the software market that can be used for
this type of simulations.
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