SIMCAN: A flexible, scalable and expandable simulation platform for modelling and simulating distributed architectures and applications

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-32

  Núñez, Alberto ^a   Fernández, Javier ^a   Filgueira, Rosa ^a   García, Félix ^a   Carretero, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distributed system simulation; Performance analysis; Scalability; Storage performance

Indexed keywords

BASIC SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; EVALUATION TEST; HIERARCHICAL SCHEMA; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MODULAR DESIGNS; NEW STRATEGY; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; SIMULATION PLATFORM; STORAGE PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SCALABILITY;

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 80053372922     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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