Dynamic Structures in Modeling and Simulation: A Reflective Approach

ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-232

  Uhrmacher, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisimulation; DEVS; Modeling and simulation formalism; Reflection; Variable structure models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATE SPACE METHODS;

BISIMULATION; VARIABLE STRUCTURE MODELS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0012330873     PISSN: 10493301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/384169.384173     Document Type: Article

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