Why DSOL?
The hypothesis underlying the development of DSOL is that the web-enabled era has provided us with the tools
and techniques to specify the concepts of simulation in a set of loosely-coupled, web-enabled services. An
underlying notion on the quality of most current simulation tools is that they lack:
- usefulness: with respect to their embedded knowledge of the system under investigation. It is too
difficult to link simulation tools to underlying transactional information systems.
- usability with respect to coordination of distributed conceptualization and specification of models
representing the system under investigation.
- usage with respect to their integration and use within (portalled) organizational management information
systems.
What are the requirements of DSOL?
- N decision makers should be supported over the internet by the suite;
- N model formalisms should be supported (continuous, discrete)
- N model formalisms should be supported (continuous, discrete)
- N experts should be simultaneously be supported in the specification of models
- Simulation services should be equipped to be linked to other web-enabled services (reporting, databases)
- \item N processors should be accessible for the execution of experiments.
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