Network Modelling and Simulation

Preface
 
Acknowledgements
 
1 Basic Concepts and Techniques
 
1.1 Why Is Simulation Important?
 
1.2 What Is a Model?
 
1.3 Performance Evaluation Techniques
 
1.4 Development of Systems Simulation
 
1.5 Summary
 
Recommended Reading
 

2 Designing and Implementing a Discrete-Event Simulation Framework
 
2.1 The Scheduler
 
2.2 The Simulation Entities
 
2.3 The Events
 
2.4 Tutorial 1: Hello World
 
2.5 Tutorial 2: Two-Node Hello Protocol
 
2.6 Tutorial 3: Two-Node Hello through a Link
 
2.7 Tutorial 4: Two-Node Hello through a Lossy Link
 
2.8 Summary
 
Recommended Reading
 

3 Honeypot Communities: A Case Study with the Discrete-Event Simulation Framework
 
3.1 Background
 
3.2 System Architecture
 
3.3 Simulation Modeling
 
3.4 Simulation Execution
 
3.5 Output Analysis
 
3.6 Summary
 
Recommended Reading
 

4 Monte Carlo Simulation
 
4.1 Characteristics of Monte Carlo Simulations
 
4.2 The Monte Carlo Algorithm
 
4.3 Merits and Drawbacks
 
4.4 Monte Carlo Simulation for the Electric Car Charging Station
 
4.5 Summary
 
Recommended Reading
 

5 Network Modeling
 
5.1 Simulation of Networks
 
5.2 The Network Modeling and Simulation Process
 
5.3 Developing Models
 
5.4 Network Simulation Packages
 
5.5 OPNET: A Network Simulation Package
 
5.6 Summary
 
Recommended Reading
 

6 Designing and Implementing CASiNO: A Network Simulation Framework
 
6.1 Overview
 
6.2 Conduits
 
6.3 Visitors
 
6.4 The Conduit Repository
 
6.5 Behaviors and Actors
 
6.6 Tutorial 1: Terminals
 
6.7 Tutorial 2: States
 
6.8 Tutorial 3: Making Visitors
 
6.9 Tutorial 4: Muxes
 
6.10 Tutorial 5: Factories
 
6.11