The Object-Oriented Approach and the Event Discrete Simulation Paradigms

The purpose of this paper is to discuss relationships among simulation paradigms and design/implementation strategies. First, we discuss the relevant aspects to be considered in the description of the entities' behavior and define the notion of simulation paradigm. The main concepts of both object orientation and simulation are briefly described and used to define the notion of object oriented simulation. Examples of object oriented models designed with diferent simulation paradigms are presented.