Tools for DEVS Modeling, Simulation and 3D Visualization

Patrick Castonguay; Tania Pendergast; Gabriel Wainer

2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

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Tools for DEVS Modeling, Simulation and 3D Visualization

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5742,
    author={Patrick Castonguay and Tania Pendergast and Gabriel Wainer},
    title={Tools for DEVS Modeling, Simulation and 3D Visualization},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Discrete-Event Simulation Visualization Cell-DEVS CD++.},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5742}
}

Patrick Castonguay
Tania Pendergast
Gabriel Wainer
Year: 2010
Tools for DEVS Modeling, Simulation and 3D Visualization
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5742

Patrick Castonguay¹^,*, Tania Pendergast¹^,*, Gabriel Wainer¹^,*

1: Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6

*Contact email: pcaston3@connect.carleton.ca, tpenderg@connect.carleton.ca, gwainer@sce.carleton.ca

Abstract

Cell-DEVS is an extension of the DEVS formalism which combines DEVS with Cellular Automata. It is particularly useful for defining spaces by decomposing them into individual cells. The CD++ Toolkit enables one to model and simulate a real or artificial system using either DEVS or Cell-DEVS. Although it is provided with a Modeler tool, this permits only 2D visualization of the simulation. This paper focuses upon two efforts to produce integrate DEVS simulations developed with the CD++ tool with 3D visualizations using Blender, an opensource 3D visualization software.

Keywords: Discrete-Event Simulation Visualization Cell-DEVS CD++.

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5742