A New Microcomputer Based Advanced Continuous Simulation Language (ACSL)

The use of simulation languages, rather than general purpose languages, exemplifies the appropriateness of &dquo;tailoring&dquo; a language for a limited &dquo;problem space.&dquo; It often makes good sense to provide language features oriented specifically to a class of problems, although this may restrict the language to the problem class. An extension of the concept is seen in the continuing development of special-purpose simulators-which have narrow or specific applications. This can be of significant benefit in ease of training and use, if the inputs (verbal, or perhaps graphic or motion-oriented) are &dquo;natural&dquo; to the problem context. SIMAN is an example of a new language that, although having general simulation features, is specifically oriented toward manufacturing systems.