An intelligent simulation model generator.

The conceptual design and a prototype implementation of a knowledge based interactive genera tor of simulation models is pre sented. The system administrates several components, among them a model base, a knowledge-base, and a data base. Emphasis is laid on the integration of the model and the knowledge base. This connection of numeric and knowledge representa tion components is one of the main advantages of the system. A frame based approach has been chosen for the semantic representation of the simulated models. The prototype has been implemented on a XEROX 1186 workstation and takes advan tage of the presence of two proces sors : a LISP processor managing the logical description, selection, and maintenance of models as well as the overall control of the system, and an 8088 processor to run the simulation programs that are written in classical programming languages like FORTRAN. The system is designed to free the scien tific expert from details about computer science and to let him concentrate on the actual simulation problems. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]