A PORTABLE PARALLEL ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPLEX-SYSTEMS SIMULATION THROUGH CELLULAR-AUTOMATA NETWORKS

In this paper we describe the Parallel Environment for Cellular Automa ta Network Simulation (PECANS) we developed to deal with the simulatio n of complex systems. It provides a user-friendly environment in which all the aspects of the simulation activity can be easily carried out. In particular we describe how the PECANS environment allowed us to ea sily port it on different architectures, both sequential and parallel ones. Some experimental results are also reported.