CSDL - 12th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS

Proceedings. Twelfth Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation PADS '98 (Cat. No.98TB100233) (1998)

Banff, Alberta, Canada

May 26, 1998 to May 29, 1998

ISSN: 1087-4097

ISBN: 0-8186-8457-7

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the General Chair (PDF)

pp. vii

Message from the Program Chair (PDF)

pp. viii

Committees (PDF)

pp. x

Reviewers (PDF)

pp. xi

List of Past Chairs (PDF)

pp. xii

Session 1

Optimism (PDF)

pp. null

Session 2: Concurrency Analysis and Conservative Methods: Chair: Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Scalability, Locality, Partitioning, and Synchronization in PDES (Abstract)

D.M. Nicol

pp. 4

Generalizing Lookahead - Behavioral Prediction in Distributed Simulation (Abstract)

J.W. Janneck

pp. 12

A Nonblocking Algorithm for the Distributed Simulation of FCFS Queueing Networks with Irreducible Markovian Routing (Abstract)

M. Gupta

A. Kumar

pp. 20

Session 3: Optimistic Methods I: Chair: Stephen J. Turner, University of Exeter, UK

Performance Analysis of Time Warp Simulation with Cascading Rollbacks (Abstract)

S.C. Tay

Y.M. Teo

R. Ayani

pp. 30

Fault-Tolerant Distributed Simulation (Abstract)

O.P. Damani

V.K. Garg

pp. 38

Dynamic Load Balancing in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation for Spatially Explicit Problems (Abstract)

E. Deelman

B.K. Szymanski

pp. 46

Session 4: Optimistic Methods II: Chair: Sudhir Srinivasan, Mystech Association, USA

A Probabilistic Event Scheduling Policy for Optimistic Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (Abstract)

T.K. Som

R.G. Sargent

pp. 56

Optimizing Communication in Time-Warp Simulators (Abstract)

pp. 64

Event History Based Sparse State Saving in Time Warp (Abstract)

F. Quaglia

pp. 72

Session 5: Pseudorandom Number Generation: Chair: Alois Ferscha, Institut f?r Angewandte Informatik, Austria

Keynote Address: Don't Trust Parallel Monte Carlo! (Abstract)

P. Hellekalek

pp. 82

Linear and Inversive Pseudorandom Numbers for Parallel and Distributed Simulation (Abstract)

K. Entacher

A. Uhl

S. Wegenkittl

pp. 90

Session 6: Run-Time Support: Chair: David Bruce, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, UK

Dynamic Virtual Logical Processes (Abstract)

M. Hybinette

R. Fujimoto

pp. 100

Synchronized Data Distribution Management in Distributed Simulations (Abstract)

I. Tacic

R.M. Fujimoto

pp. 108

Implementation of Reductions in Support of PDES on a Network of Workstations (Abstract)

pp. 116

Session 7: Applications: Chair: Philip Wilsey, University of Cincinnati, USA

A Methodology for Automating the Parallelization of Manufacturing Simulations (Abstract)

pp. 126

Shared Memory Implementation of a Parallel Switch-Level Circuit Simulator (Abstract)

Y. Chen

R. Bagrodia

pp. 134

Conservative Simulation of Load-Balanced Routing in a Large ATM Network Model (Abstract)

C.D. Pham

H. Brunst

S. Fdida

pp. 142

Session 8

Work in Progress Session (PDF)

pp. null

Session 9: Simulating Wireless Systems: Chair: Robert R?nngren, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

GloMoSim: A Library for Parallel Simulation of Large-Scale Wireless Networks (Abstract)

X. Zeng

R. Bagrodia

M. Gerla

pp. 154

WiPPET, A Virtual Testbed for Parallel Simulations of Wireless Networks (Abstract)

pp. 162

Rapid Simulation of Wireless Systems (Abstract)

L.F. Perrone

D.M. Nicol

pp. 170

Session 10: Simulating Communication Systems: Chair: Rajive Bagrodia, University of California at Los Angeles, USA

Nops: A Conservative Parallel Simulation Engine for TeD (Abstract)

A.L. Poplawski

D.M. Nicol

pp. 180

Applying a Modified Chandy-Misra Algorithm to the Distributed Simulation of a Cellular Network (Abstract)

J. Porras

J. Ikonen

J. Harju

pp. 188

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 197