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A System for Discrete Event Modelling on Simula pp 24–54Cite as

The Entity Approach to Modelling

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We begin with an analogy. Consider splitting the text of a play (= a system) into separate texts for each role (= each entity). For example, Act 1, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth starts

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  1. University of Calgary, Canada

    G. M. Birtwistle (Professor of Computer Science)

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Birtwistle, G.M. (1979). The Entity Approach to Modelling. In: A System for Discrete Event Modelling on Simula. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03840-4_3

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