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Efficient Non-Blocking Event Management for Speculative Parallel Discrete Event Simulation

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Andrea Piccione,

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3615979.3656053

Published: 24 June 2024 Publication History

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Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES) is a modelling technique that takes advantage of concurrent computing resources. However, its asynchronous nature can present challenges for efficient execution. This paper proposes a new non-blocking management system for handling messages and anti-messages in Time Warp simulations. This approach exploits the benefits of non-blocking algorithms to surpass the limitations of existing blocking mechanisms, resulting in more efficient and scalable simulations. Specifically, the approach relies on efficient atomic fetch-and-add operations provided by modern computer architectures for evaluating and updating the status of the event.

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Rossi LVandin A(2024)Reproducibility Report for the Paper: Efficient Non-Blocking Event Management for Speculative Parallel Discrete Event SimulationProceedings of the 38th ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation10.1145/3615979.3665107(131-132)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3615979.3665107

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Efficient Non-Blocking Event Management for Speculative Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation

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Rossi LVandin A(2024)Reproducibility Report for the Paper: Efficient Non-Blocking Event Management for Speculative Parallel Discrete Event SimulationProceedings of the 38th ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation10.1145/3615979.3665107(131-132)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2024
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