Distributed simulations: an object oriented approach

During the past few years, our research team has developed techniques to solve problems associated with designing a collaborative evaluation performance tool environment. This paper will describe the development of a  system (Web- IBEDO) that makes use  of  emerging communication technology. The system is being used as a model for a larger implementation of distributed multi-simulation environment. Web-IBEDO is a computer program that supports the simultaneous integrated use of simulation tools and multiple databases, over the World Wide Web (www). This energy performance simulation system has been developed using the Microsoft Visual Basic ActiveX DLL technology that supports Object Linking and Embedding  (OLE). The system’s engine resides on a web server and is controlled by a web-browser. The goal is to deliver this tool to all the design actors via the network and thus enhance the capabilities of sharing specialized knowledge among the project participants.