Introduction
In these pages you will find information about CD++ and Cadmium, two toolkits for Discrete-Event modeling and simulation. The environments are based on the DEVS (Discrete-Event systems Specifications) and Cell-DEVS formalisms.
DEVS is a discrete-event formalism that allows a hierarchical and modular description of the models. DEVS can describe behavioral models (atomic) or structural (coupled). Cell-DEVS allows modeling systems that can be represented as executable cell spaces.
Details about the DEVS formalism can be found in:“Theory of Modeling and Simulation”. B. Zeigler, H. Praehofer, T. G. Kim. 2nd Edition. Academic Press. 2000.
Details about DEVS implementation in CD++ and Cadmium, as well as Cell-DEVS model definition can be found Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: a practitioner’s approach (book). G. Wainer (click here to get it at Amazon).
The following references present various topics related to DEVS and Cell-DEVS. For the interested reader, more references are available here:
- CD++: a toolkit to define discrete-event models. G. Wainer. In Software, Practice and Experience. Wiley. Vol. 32, No.3. November 2002. pp. 1261-1306.
- N-Dimensional Cell-DEVS. G. Wainer, N. Giambiasi. In Discrete Events Systems: Theory and Applications, Kluwer. Vol. 12, No. 1. January 2002. pp. 135-157.
- Timed Cell-DEVS: modeling and simulation of cell spaces. G. Wainer, N. Giambiasi. In Discrete Event Modeling & Simulation: Enabling Future Technologies. Springer-Verlag. 2001.
- PowerPoint presentation with a tutorial on DEVS & Cell-DEVS originally presented at SpingSim’07. Found here.
- Further basic information about DEVS and Cell-DEVS theory found here.
Bibliografía en Español:
- Metodologías de modelización y simulación de eventos discretos. G. Wainer. Nueva Librería. 2002.