A graphical parallel process language is described that assists a system designer in visualization of system operation. Visual ization is essential when building an operational model to experiment with alternative system operation and architec tures and to evaluate design tradeoffs. Such visualization is also essential for the knowledge engineering necessary to implement object oriented, rule based decision making in a simulation program. A Pascal simulation programming system is discussed that has been developed to implement the graphical language and rule based control.
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