Section: Application Domains

Simulation tools and methodology

Components are being used in simulation since many years. However, given its many application fields and its high computation needs, simulation is still a challenging application for component-based programming techniques and tools.

We have been exploring the application of Oasis programming methods to simulation problems in various areas of engineering problems, but also of financial applications.

More recently, with the arrival of O. Dalle in the team, and following a work previously started in the Mascotte project-team in 2006 [42] , we are pursuing research on applying distributed component-based programming techniques to simulation.

With respect to the simulation methodology, we have also started to address some fundamental questions such as the time representation in discrete event simulation.