JAVABEAN-BASED SIMULATION WITH OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE TABLES (OPT)

摘要

In this paper a methodology is introduced to ease web-based simulation development: component-based development with Operational Procedure Tables (OPT). Component-based development, which permits use of drag and drop methods, can significantly reduce development time since no coding is required. Also, a user can easily perform 'what-if analysis by changing a component's attributes or relationships among components, since a user can visually change bean attributes in a bean builder tool. In addition, an OPT representation simplifies definition of logical relationships among simulation components. This paper introduces the JavaBeans Discrete Simulation (JBDS) system which contains a library of basic components for simulation models with OPT. This system contributes to the ease of web-based simulation.