Discrete-event simulation in Java: a practitioner's experience

The experience of a simulation practitioner with development of a new Java simulation engine and its application to a large simulation model is described. Our simulation engine is implemented as a simple extension of the Java programming language and features interactive 3-D graphics and parallel processing. We believe that this article will be of interest to researchers because it shows how some of the concepts from simulation research have been applied "in the field" to model complex supply chains.