This paper introduces the Visual Simulation Environment (VSE). VSE has been developed under research funding, primarily from the U.S. Navy for over a decade. It enables discrete-event, general-purpose, object-oriented, picture-based, component-based, visual simulation model development and execution. This advanced environment can be used for solving complex problems in areas such as air traffic control and space systems, business processes and workflows, computer networks, education, health care, manufacturing, satellite communications, supply chain management, and transportation.
Osman Balci, Anders I. Bertelrud, Chuck M. Esterbr