HNS: A streamlined hybrid network simulator

ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-277

  Melamed, Benjamin ^a   Pan, Shuo ^a   Wardi, Yorai ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid TCP simulation; Fluid flow models; Fluid flow simulation; Hybrid simulation; Mixed models; Packet models; Streamlining

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW MODELS; FLUID TCP SIMULATION; FLUID-FLOW SIMULATION; HYBRID SIMULATION; MIXED MODELS; PACKET MODELS; STREAMLINING;

DELAY CIRCUITS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SIMULATORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 17044439811     PISSN: 10493301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1010621.1010623     Document Type: Article

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