In: Lasker, G.E.: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (InterSymp '95), Vol. 3, Baden-Baden, Germany, pages 39-43. International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Windsor, Canada, August 1995.
Abstract: A problem in simulating of any kind of models is the considerable amount of necessary execution time. Parallel computers or workstation clusters provide a possible solution. We currently develop and implement methods for the distributed simulation of THORNs (Timed Hierarchical Object-Related Nets), a high-level Petri net language. In this paper, we present the main concepts and ideas of the distributed simulator for THORNs. We especially focus on support of dynamic subnet instantiation provided by THORNs. The utilization of the hierarchical structure of a THORN model to achieve a with respect to speedup promising mapping is described in more detail.