Object-Oriented Discrete-Event Simulation with Java: A Practical Introduction

This book introduces the application of the Java programming language in discrete-event simulation. In addition, the fundamental concepts and practical simulation techniques for modeling different types of systems to study their general behavior and their performance are introduced. The approaches applied are the process interaction approach to discrete-event simulation and object-oriented modeling. Java is used as the implementation language and UML as the modeling language. The first offers several advantages compared to C++, the most important being thread handling, graphical user interfaces (GUI), and Web computing. The second language, UML (Unified Modeling Language), is the standard notation used today for modeling systems as a collection of classes, class relationships, objects, and object behavior. The book concentrates on object-oriented modeling and implementation aspects of simulation models using Java and practical simulation techniques. In addition, the book illustrates the dynamic behavior of systems using the various simulation models as case studies.

This reference for researchers and students with a good knowledge of the Java programming language discusses the development of object- oriented discrete-event simulation models using Java as the implementation language and UML as the modeling language. For every topic discussed, a complete case study is presented and explained with the corresponding model implemented in Java. The CD-ROM contains the simulation models explained in the text. A PC with installed Java Software Development Kit from Sun Microsystems is required to run the simulations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)