Parallel Initialization on Distributed Simulation Systems

The initialization of distributed heterogeneous simulation systems presents challenges regarding the parallelization of object construction and setup. This paper presents a method for parallel initialization of distributed simulation systems that consists of a two phases setup. Object instantiation and setup are split in Config and Post Bind phases to permit fast creation times allowing distribution of initialization tasks among different nodes and removing the ordering requirement between the initialization of interdependent objects. A framework of references is presented to facilitate the use of remote objects in a MPI environment using proxies to access local and remote variables, served by a reference name server built into the simulation engine.