{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2558088343","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549716678330","title":"An evaluation of DEVS simulation tools","display_name":"An evaluation of DEVS simulation tools","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-11-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2558088343","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549716678330","mag":"2558088343"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0037549716678330","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549716678330","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S32573412","display_name":"SIMULATION","issn_l":"0037-5497","issn":["0037-5497","1741-3133"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"SIMULATION","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008290143","display_name":"Yentl Van Tendeloo","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I149213910","display_name":"University of Antwerp","ror":"https://ror.org/008x57b05","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I149213910"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yentl Van Tendeloo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I149213910"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007007501","display_name":"Hans Vangheluwe","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-6643"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210116480","display_name":"Flanders Make (Belgium)","ror":"https://ror.org/02ndjfz59","country_code":"BE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210116480"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5023651","display_name":"McGill University","ror":"https://ror.org/01pxwe438","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I5023651"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I149213910","display_name":"University of Antwerp","ror":"https://ror.org/008x57b05","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I149213910"]}],"countries":["BE","CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hans Vangheluwe","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium","Flanders Make, Belgium","McGill University, Montr\u00e9al, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I149213910"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Flanders Make, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210116480"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"McGill University, Montr\u00e9al, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I5023651"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5008290143"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I149213910"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.1811,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":70,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97077434,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"93","issue":"2","first_page":"103","last_page":"121"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11195","display_name":"Simulation Techniques and Applications","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11195","display_name":"Simulation Techniques and Applications","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14082","display_name":"Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization","score":0.9700000286102295,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2607","display_name":"Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/26","display_name":"Mathematics"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9521999955177307,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/devs","display_name":"DEVS","score":0.9742403030395508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rotation-formalisms-in-three-dimensions","display_name":"Rotation formalisms in three dimensions","score":0.9119360446929932},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7817109823226929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/suite","display_name":"Suite","score":0.6465578675270081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discrete-event-simulation","display_name":"Discrete event simulation","score":0.5299673676490784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formalism","display_name":"Formalism (music)","score":0.48247602581977844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.4542470872402191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.4294265806674957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/popularity","display_name":"Popularity","score":0.41817614436149597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.39314883947372437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.36404311656951904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/modeling-and-simulation","display_name":"Modeling and simulation","score":0.35159432888031006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation","display_name":"Simulation","score":0.12904614210128784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.07681980729103088}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68757728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911082","display_name":"DEVS","level":3,"score":0.9742403030395508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171018156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7370306","display_name":"Rotation formalisms in three dimensions","level":2,"score":0.9119360446929932},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7817109823226929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79581498","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367530","display_name":"Suite","level":2,"score":0.6465578675270081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147203929","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574814","display_name":"Discrete event simulation","level":2,"score":0.5299673676490784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73301696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469984","display_name":"Formalism (music)","level":3,"score":0.48247602581977844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4542470872402191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.4294265806674957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586970","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357284","display_name":"Popularity","level":2,"score":0.41817614436149597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.39314883947372437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.36404311656951904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167343916","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6888384","display_name":"Modeling and simulation","level":2,"score":0.35159432888031006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.12904614210128784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.07681980729103088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C558565934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743","display_name":"Musical","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0037549716678330","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549716678330","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S32573412","display_name":"SIMULATION","issn_l":"0037-5497","issn":["0037-5497","1741-3133"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"SIMULATION","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.5600000023841858}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":52,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W8970143","https://openalex.org/W13992956","https://openalex.org/W81555802","https://openalex.org/W88488725","https://openalex.org/W120905807","https://openalex.org/W129094118","https://openalex.org/W140404236","https://openalex.org/W647473889","https://openalex.org/W1503913801","https://openalex.org/W1531725896","https://openalex.org/W1562927459","https://openalex.org/W1604257679","https://openalex.org/W2001148611","https://openalex.org/W2001598892","https://openalex.org/W2001821401","https://openalex.org/W2003404630","https://openalex.org/W2010806372","https://openalex.org/W2023790841","https://openalex.org/W2041132750","https://openalex.org/W2058861084","https://openalex.org/W2065080411","https://openalex.org/W2084128729","https://openalex.org/W2089507474","https://openalex.org/W2104293976","https://openalex.org/W2105391676","https://openalex.org/W2110001365","https://openalex.org/W2112678772","https://openalex.org/W2119241261","https://openalex.org/W2135442224","https://openalex.org/W2136372004","https://openalex.org/W2136631562","https://openalex.org/W2140744273","https://openalex.org/W2143728831","https://openalex.org/W2146909240","https://openalex.org/W2149223221","https://openalex.org/W2161774565","https://openalex.org/W2164130626","https://openalex.org/W2165321771","https://openalex.org/W2166437339","https://openalex.org/W2167318231","https://openalex.org/W2259096551","https://openalex.org/W2293590697","https://openalex.org/W2295795044","https://openalex.org/W2395032752","https://openalex.org/W2534158885","https://openalex.org/W2612047037","https://openalex.org/W2735429993","https://openalex.org/W2794408601","https://openalex.org/W2887592882","https://openalex.org/W2912086334","https://openalex.org/W3140359330","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W86993467","https://openalex.org/W2267176325","https://openalex.org/W2806580433","https://openalex.org/W1571133302","https://openalex.org/W4255385791","https://openalex.org/W1587303499","https://openalex.org/W2493425722","https://openalex.org/W4391381730","https://openalex.org/W2009835848","https://openalex.org/W4239681389"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"DEVS":[0,83],"is":[1],"a":[2,11,25,46,54,61],"popular":[3],"formalism":[4],"for":[5],"modeling":[6],"complex":[7],"dynamic":[8],"systems":[9],"using":[10],"discrete-event":[12],"abstraction.":[13],"Owing":[14],"to":[15,107,114,116,124],"its":[16],"popularity,":[17],"and":[18,34,45,94,102],"the":[19,22,77,130],"simplicity":[20],"of":[21,27,38,57,64,76,80,132],"simulation":[23,84],"kernel,":[24],"number":[26],"tools":[28,40,113,134],"have":[29],"been":[30],"constructed":[31],"by":[32,128],"academia":[33],"industry.":[35],"However,":[36],"each":[37,52],"these":[39],"has":[41],"distinct":[42],"design":[43],"goals":[44],"specific":[47,55,62,119],"programming":[48],"language":[49],"implementation.":[50],"Consequently,":[51],"supports":[53],"set":[56,63],"formalisms,":[58,99],"combined":[59],"with":[60],"features.":[65],"Performance":[66],"differs":[67],"significantly":[68],"between":[69],"different":[70,82],"tools.":[71],"We":[72,96],"provide":[73],"an":[74],"overview":[75],"current":[78],"state":[79],"eight":[81],"tools:":[85],"ADEVS,":[86],"CD++,":[87],"DEVS-Suite,":[88],"MS4":[89],"Me,":[90],"PowerDEVS,":[91],"PythonPDEVS,":[92],"VLE,":[93],"X-S-Y.":[95],"compare":[97],"supported":[98],"compliance,":[100],"features,":[101],"performance.":[103],"This":[104],"paper":[105],"aims":[106,123],"help":[108,125],"modelers":[109],"in":[110,139],"deciding":[111],"which":[112],"use":[115],"solve":[117],"their":[118,133],"problems.":[120],"It":[121],"further":[122],"tool":[126,141],"builders,":[127],"showing":[129],"aspects":[131],"that":[135],"could":[136],"be":[137],"extended":[138],"future":[140],"versions.":[142]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}