Evaluation of simulation strategies for computer networks on parallel MIMD computers

摘要

A comparison by practical evaluation of several general-purpose distributed simulation algorithms that use different ways of bringing parallelism to the simulation of computer networks is presented. A description is given of the characteristics of computer networks relevant to distributed simulation, an approach to their modeling, and the characteristics of the parallel computer architecture used. The authors' simulation goals and how these influence the simulator are described. The results and conclusions of the comparison of different strategies for parallelization are also given.