Date of Award

12-1994

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Advisor

Patricia Lawlis, PhD

Abstract

Software architectures increase productivity when used as the basis for developing applications in a problem domain. This thesis describes the creation of Easy-Sim, an object-oriented software architecture for visual simulation systems, and its corresponding implementation as an application framework in Ada 9X. The research built upon ObjectSim, an existing object-oriented simulation architecture implemented as a application framework. Both ObjectSim and Easy-Sim operate on Silicon Graphics platforms and use the IRIS Performer graphics programming library. Easy-Sim is implemented using version 1.83 of the GNAT compiler. The investigation for this thesis involved honing ObjectSim's design, implementing the improved result in both C++ and Ada 9X, and developing applications to compare the two versions. The study achieved two main objectives: producing Easy-Sim as an improved visual simulation system architecture by building on ObjectSim's experience, and producing a visual simulation system application from Easy-Sim in Ada 9X that performs at a level comparable to the same application built in C++.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GCS-ENG-94D-11

DTIC Accession Number

ADA289325

Comments

The author's Vita page is omitted.

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