Scalable Simulation Framework (SSF)

SSF provides a single, unified interface for discrete-event simulation (the SSF API). Object-oriented models that utilize and extend the framework can be portable across SSF-compliant simulation environments. This maximizes the potential for direct reuse of model code, while minimizing dependencies on a particular simulator kernel implementation. In addition to its concrete modeling applications, the API also functions as an abstract target for compilation of models specified in higher-level modeling languages or graphical modeling environments.

The framework’s primary design goal was to support high performance simulation. SSF makes it possible to build models that are efficient and predictable in their use of space, able to transparently utilize parallel processor resources, and scalable to very large collections of simulated entities.

The SSF framework can be downloaded from here.

Visit the SSF home page. Read everything and then come and see me. Seriously, this is a great topic if you are not afraid of a little hard work at the start. It is not as difficult as it seems. Once you have installed the framework, there are tons of sample network-topology scripts that can be modified and which should lead to excellent research outcomes.