The JDEVS modeling and simulation environment

This paper describes the JDEVS modeling and simulation environment. JDEVS has been developed for over a year to serve as an experimental framework for natural systems modeling techniques. It enables discrete-event, general purpose, object-oriented, component based, GIS connected, collaborative, visual simulation model development and execution. The sample models implementation shows that this experimental environment might be used to solve any complex problems solvable by discrete-event simulation and is especially suited for natural system modeling and simulation. Already, hierarchical block (static) and cellular models can be modeled and simulated within the environment. We are now extending those capabilities with the development of a multi-layered modeling paradigm for spatially distributed systems (with vector and cellular models) that will be implemented in the toolkit.