A tutorial on TESS: The extended simulation support system

This paper presents a discussion of TESS, The Extended Simulation Support System. TESS is a software product which creates an environment for conducting all tasks related to a successful simulation study in an integrated and consistent fashion. It is recognized that there are different types of users for such a support system, from model builders and input data collectors, to model experimentors or users, to output analyzers and decision makers. This paper wil lprovide an example demonstrating the capabilities of TESS to support simulation projects.