Æliens

1

• business objects -- access to relational data
• framework -- collection of components
• generic solution for a class of problems -- frame of mind
• architectural constraints -- Java, Web-aware applications

2

• logistics-based modeling
• business process simulation
• example -- requests for loans

3

• simulation classes -- event, entity, generator, resource, queue
• event scheduling strategy -- conditional, passive, pending
• dining philosophers -- events versus processes

4

• So many users, so many perspectives
• DIVA -- distributed visualization architecture

5

• fat versus thin clients -- screen scraping
• Web-aware applications -- wrapping the legacy