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			{{Short description\|Programming language used to describe the operation of a simulation on a computer}}
	A computer '''simulation language''' is used to describe the operation of a [[simulation]] on a computer.<ref>Dahl, Ole-Johan, and Kristen Nygaard. "[http://folk.uio.no/simula67/Archive/artikkel1966cacm.pdf SIMULA: an ALGOL-based simulation language]." Communications of the ACM 9.9 (1966): 671-678.</ref><ref>Fritzson, Peter, and Vadim Engelson. "[http://extras.springer.com/2000/978-3-540-67660-7/papers/1445/14450067.pdf Modelica—A unified object-oriented language for system modeling and simulation]." European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1998.</ref> There are two major types of simulation: [[continuous simulation\|continuous]] and [[Discrete event simulation\|discrete event]] though more modern languages can handle more complex combinations. Most languages also have a graphical interface and at least a simple statistic gathering capability for the analysis of the results. An important part of discrete-event languages is the ability to generate [[Pseudo-random number generator\|pseudo-random numbers]] and variants from different [[probability distribution]]s.		A computer '''simulation language''' is used to describe the operation of a [[simulation]] on a computer.<ref>Dahl, Ole-Johan, and Kristen Nygaard. "[http://folk.uio.no/simula67/Archive/artikkel1966cacm.pdf SIMULA: an ALGOL-based simulation language]." Communications of the ACM 9.9 (1966): 671-678.</ref><ref>Fritzson, Peter, and Vadim Engelson. "[http://extras.springer.com/2000/978-3-540-67660-7/papers/1445/14450067.pdf Modelica—A unified object-oriented language for system modeling and simulation]." European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1998.</ref> There are two major types of simulation: [[continuous simulation\|continuous]] and [[Discrete event simulation\|discrete event]] though more modern languages can handle more complex combinations. Most languages also have a graphical interface and at least a simple statistic gathering capability for the analysis of the results. An important part of discrete-event languages is the ability to generate [[Pseudo-random number generator\|pseudo-random numbers]] and variants from different [[probability distribution]]s.

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	* [[Discrete event simulation]]		* {{annotated link\|Discrete event simulation}}
	* [[List of computer simulation software]]		* [[List of computer simulation software]]
	* [[List of HDL simulators]]: simulators whose model is specified using a [[hardware description language]]		* [[List of HDL simulators]]: simulators whose model is specified using a [[hardware description language]]
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A computer '''simulation language''' is used to describe the operation of a [[simulation]] on a computer.<ref>Dahl, Ole-Johan, and Kristen Nygaard. "[http://folk.uio.no/simula67/Archive/artikkel1966cacm.pdf SIMULA: an ALGOL-based simulation language]." Communications of the ACM 9.9 (1966): 671-678.</ref><ref>Fritzson, Peter, and Vadim Engelson. "[http://extras.springer.com/2000/978-3-540-67660-7/papers/1445/14450067.pdf Modelica—A unified object-oriented language for system modeling and simulation]." European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1998.</ref> There are two major types of simulation: [[continuous simulation|continuous]] and [[Discrete event simulation|discrete event]] though more modern languages can handle more complex combinations. Most languages also have a graphical interface and at least a simple statistic gathering capability for the analysis of the results. An important part of discrete-event languages is the ability to generate [[Pseudo-random number generator|pseudo-random numbers]] and variants from different [[probability distribution]]s.

==See also==
* [[Discrete event simulation]]
* [[List of computer simulation software]]
* [[List of HDL simulators]]: simulators whose model is specified using a [[hardware description language]]

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