The Simulation Data Language (Sdl™)

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The Simulation Data Language (SDL) is a database management system specifically designed for use in simulation. A typical example for the use of SDL is the evaluation of the operations of a job shop. In this example, SDL helps the analyst organize and use data gathered from the shop itself, analyze results independently of model runs, and compare alternative policies. Current applications of SDL include studies of health-care delivery and availability, scheduling of aircraft maintenance, manufacturing of discrete parts, steel production, large-scale socio- economic systems, and river systems. In these applications, SDL helped analysts produce statistical analyses, summaries, and reports of data independent ly of model runs, use data gathered from the real system in their models, decompose large, complex models into component models, provide data collection, post-run data analysis, and report generation capabilities that are transparent to the ultimate user of a special-purpose simulation language.

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