This is a list of notable discrete-event simulation software.
Software | Publisher | Description | Last Updated |
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AnyLogic | The AnyLogic Company | A general purpose multimethod modeling tool. Combines agent-based, system dynamics, and discrete event modeling. | May 4, 2021 [1] |
Arena (software) | Rockwell Automation | A discrete event simulation program that also allows modeling of continuous processes. | August 28, 2019 [2] |
Care pathway simulator | SAASoft Ltd. | A discrete event simulation program specifically designed for service industries e.g. healthcare. | Unknown |
Enterprise Dynamics | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions | A simulation software platform to model and analyze virtually any manufacturing, material handling and logistics challenge. | July 18, 2018 [3] |
ExtendSim | Imagine That Inc. | A general purpose, multi-method simulation and analysis tool that also includes discrete rate and reliability block diagramming components. | March 7, 2023 [4] |
DELMIA | Dassault Systemes | Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform of Dassault Systemes | June 7, 2019 [5] |
FlexSim | FlexSim Software Products, Inc. | A discrete event simulation software with a drag-and-drop interface for modeling simulations in 3D. | January 21, 2022 [6] |
GoldSim | GoldSim Technology Group LLC | Combines system dynamics with aspects of discrete event simulation, embedded in a Monte Carlo framework. | September 21, 2015 [7] |
GPSS | Various | A discrete event simulation language. Different implementations are available through vendors. | Various |
Micro Saint Sharp | Alion Science | A general purpose discrete event modeling tool that uses a drag and drop interface and the C# programming language. | May 20, 2019 [8] |
MS4 Modeling Environment | RTSync Corporation | A general purpose DEVS methodology based software environment for discrete event and hybrid models. | July 23, 2015 [9] |
Plant Simulation | Siemens PLM Software | Software that enables the simulation and optimization of production systems and processes. | May 3, 2019 [10] |
Simcad Pro | CreateASoft, Inc | Discrete event simulation software. On-The-Fly model changes while the simulation is running. Visual interface with no coding environment. Includes VR and Physics engine. | August 11, 2016 [11] |
SimEvents | MathWorks | Adds discrete event simulation to the MATLAB/Simulink environment. | September 14, 2016 [12] |
SIMUL8 | SIMUL8 Corporation | Object-based simulation software | January 22, 2019 [13] |
Visual Components | Visual Components Oy | The next generation of 3D manufacturing simulation technology. Designed for manufacturing professionals and built on a powerful, flexible, and scalable platform. | September 21, 2023 [14] |
VisualSim | Mirabilis Design Inc. | Model-based system architecture exploration of electronics, embedded software and semiconductors based on timing, power consumption and functionality | June 11, 2017 |
WITNESS | Lanner Group Ltd. | Discrete event simulation with VR available on desktop and cloud | May 8, 2018 |
Name | Language | Type | Last Updated | License | Description |
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CPN Tools | BETA | Application | February 1, 2015 (v4.0.1) [15] | GPLv2 | A tool to analyse logistics/queuing models in all types of applications. |
DESMO-J | Java | Library | November 30, 2015 (v2.5.1c) [16] | Apache 2.0 | A framework for discrete-event simulation in Java, supporting hybrid event/process models and providing animation in 2D and 3D. |
PowerDEVS | C++ | Application | September 18, 2013 (v933) [17] | AFL, GPLv2 | An integrated tool for hybrid systems modeling and simulation based on the DEVS formalism. |
Ptolemy II | Java | Library | December 17, 2014 (v10.0.1) [18] | BSD | A software framework supporting experimentation with actor-oriented design. [18] |
SIM.JS | JavaScript | Library | January 16, 2012 (v0.26) [19] | LGPL | SIM.JS is a general-purpose Discrete Event Simulation library written entirely in JavaScript. Runs in browser and a GUI-based modeling tool is supported. |
SimPy | Python | Library | November 12, 2023 (4.1.1) [20] | MIT | SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python. [21] |
Simula | Simula | Language | June 1, 1967 | A programming language designed specifically for simulation. | |
SystemC | C++ | Library | November 15, 2018 (v2.3.3) [22] | Apache 2.0 | A set of C++ classes and macros which provide an event-driven simulation kernel. |
Maple is a symbolic and numeric computing environment as well as a multi-paradigm programming language. It covers several areas of technical computing, such as symbolic mathematics, numerical analysis, data processing, visualization, and others. A toolbox, MapleSim, adds functionality for multidomain physical modeling and code generation.
SimPy stands for “Simulation in Python”, is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python. It enables users to model active components such as customers, vehicles, or agents as simple Python generator functions. SimPy is released as open source software under the MIT License. The first version was released in December 2002.
Mentor Graphics Corporation was a US-based electronic design automation (EDA) multinational corporation for electrical engineering and electronics, headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. Founded in 1981, the company distributed products that assist in electronic design automation, simulation tools for analog mixed-signal design, VPN solutions, and fluid dynamics and heat transfer tools. The company leveraged Apollo Computer workstations to differentiate itself within the computer-aided engineering (CAE) market with its software and hardware.
Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) used in computer programming. It contains a base workspace and an extensible plug-in system for customizing the environment. It is the second-most-popular IDE for Java development, and, until 2016, was the most popular. Eclipse is written mostly in Java and its primary use is for developing Java applications, but it may also be used to develop applications in other programming languages via plug-ins, including Ada, ABAP, C, C++, C#, Clojure, COBOL, D, Erlang, Fortran, Groovy, Haskell, HLASM, JavaScript, Julia, Lasso, Lua, NATURAL, Perl, PHP, PL/I, Prolog, Python, R, Rexx, Ruby, Rust, Scala, and Scheme. It can also be used to develop documents with LaTeX and packages for the software Mathematica. Development environments include the Eclipse Java development tools (JDT) for Java and Scala, Eclipse CDT for C/C++, and Eclipse PDT for PHP, among others.
IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment (IDE) written in Java for developing computer software written in Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and other JVM-based languages. It is developed by JetBrains and is available as an Apache 2 Licensed community edition, and in a proprietary commercial edition. Both can be used for commercial development.
ns is a name for a series of discrete event network simulators, specifically ns-1, ns-2, and ns-3. All are discrete-event computer network simulators, primarily used in research and teaching.
Reservoir simulation is an area of reservoir engineering in which computer models are used to predict the flow of fluids through porous media.
Web-based simulation (WBS) is the invocation of computer simulation services over the World Wide Web, specifically through a web browser. Increasingly, the web is being looked upon as an environment for providing modeling and simulation applications, and as such, is an emerging area of investigation within the simulation community.
AnyLogic is a multimethod simulation modeling tool developed by The AnyLogic Company. It supports agent-based, discrete event, and system dynamics simulation methodologies. AnyLogic is cross-platform simulation software that works on Windows, macOS and Linux. AnyLogic is used to simulate: markets and competition, healthcare, manufacturing, supply chains and logistics, retail, business processes, social and ecosystem dynamics, defense, project and asset management, pedestrian dynamics and road traffic, IT, and aerospace. It is considered to be among the major players in the simulation industry, especially within the domain of business processes is acknowledged to be a powerful tool.
MapleSim is a Modelica-based, multi-domain modeling and simulation tool developed by Maplesoft. MapleSim generates model equations, runs simulations, and performs analyses using the symbolic and numeric mathematical engine of Maple. Models are created by dragging-and-dropping components from a library into a central workspace, resulting in a model that represents the physical system in a graphical form. Maplesoft began development of MapleSim partly in response to a request from Toyota to produce physical modeling tools to aid in their new model-based development process.
SIMUL8 simulation software is a product of the SIMUL8 Corporation used for simulating systems that involve processing of discrete entities at discrete times. SIMUL8 allows its user to create a computer model, which takes into account real life constraints, capacities, failure rates, shift patterns, and other factors affecting the total performance and efficiency of production. Through this model it is possible to test real scenarios in a virtual environment, for example simulate planned function and load of the system, change parameters affecting system performance, carry out extreme-load tests, verify by experiments the proposed solutions and select the optimal solution. A common feature of problems solved in SIMUL8 is that they are concerned with cost, time and inventory.
SimulationX is a CAE software application running on Microsoft Windows for the physical simulation of technical systems. It is developed and sold by ESI Group.
SimEvents is a discrete event simulation tool developed by MathWorks. It adds a library of graphical building blocks for modeling queuing systems to the Simulink environment. It also adds an event-based simulation engine to the time-based simulation engine in Simulink
FlexSim is a discrete-event simulation software package developed by FlexSim Software Products, Inc. The FlexSim product family currently includes the general purpose FlexSim product and healthcare systems modeling environment.
Simcad Pro simulation software is a product of CreateASoft Inc. used for simulating process-based environments including manufacturing, warehousing, supply lines, logistics, and healthcare. It is a tool used for planning, organizing, optimizing, and engineering real process-based systems. Simcad Pro allows the creation of a virtual computer model, which can be manipulated by the user and represents a real environment. Using the model, it is possible to test for efficiency as well as locate points of improvement among the process flow. Simcad Pro's dynamic computer model also allows for changes to occur while the model is running for a fully realistic simulation. It can also be integrated with live and historical data.
SU2 is a suite of open-source software tools written in C++ for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDE) and performing PDE-constrained optimization. The primary applications are computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamic shape optimization, but has been extended to treat more general equations such as electrodynamics and chemically reacting flows. SU2 supports continuous and discrete adjoint for calculating the sensitivities/gradients of a scalar field.
RaceRoom Racing Experience is a free-to-play racing simulator for Microsoft Windows, developed by KW Studios and published by RaceRoom Entertainment AG. Their aim is to provide an authentic racing experience through detailed car and track models as well as realistic car behaviour and sounds. The game provides a selection of free-to-play race cars and tracks to drive in multiplayer and single player games modes. Sponsored competitions and other free-to-play events allow users to use premium game content at no cost.
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