List of discrete event simulation software
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This is a list of notable discrete-event simulation software.
Commercial
| Software | Publisher | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| AnyLogic | The AnyLogic Company | A general purpose multimethod modeling tool. Combines agent-based, system dynamics, and discrete event modeling. | November 20, 2024 |
| Arena (software) | Rockwell Automation | A discrete event simulation program that also allows modeling of continuous processes. | August 28, 2019 |
| Care pathway simulator | SAASoft Ltd. | A discrete event simulation program specifically designed for service industries e.g. healthcare. | Unknown |
| Enterprise Dynamics | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions | A simulation software platform to model and analyze virtually any manufacturing, material handling and logistics challenge. | July 18, 2018 |
| ExtendSim | Imagine That Inc. | A general purpose, multi-method simulation and analysis tool that also includes discrete rate and reliability block diagramming components. | March 7, 2023 |
| DELMIA | Dassault Systemes | Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform of Dassault Systemes | June 7, 2019 |
| FlexSim | FlexSim Software Products, Inc. | A discrete event simulation software with a drag-and-drop interface for modeling simulations in 3D. | March 14, 2025 |
| GoldSim | GoldSim Technology Group LLC | Combines system dynamics with aspects of discrete event simulation, embedded in a Monte Carlo framework. | September 21, 2015 |
| GPSS | Various | A discrete event simulation language. Different implementations are available through vendors. | Various |
| Micro Saint Sharp | Alion Science | A general purpose discrete event modeling tool that uses a drag and drop interface and the C# programming language. | May 20, 2019 |
| MS4 Modeling Environment | RTSync Corporation | A general purpose DEVS methodology based software environment for discrete event and hybrid models. | July 23, 2015 |
| Plant Simulation | Siemens PLM Software | Software that enables the simulation and optimization of production systems and processes. | May 3, 2019 |
| Simcad Pro | CreateASoft, Inc | Discrete event simulation software. On-The-Fly model changes while the simulation is running. Visual interface with no coding environment. Includes VR and Physics engine. | August 11, 2016 |
| SimEvents | MathWorks | Adds discrete event simulation to the MATLAB/Simulink environment. | September 14, 2016 |
| SIMUL8 | SIMUL8 Corporation | Object-based simulation software | January 22, 2019 |
| Visual Components | Visual Components Oy | The next generation of 3D manufacturing simulation technology. Designed for manufacturing professionals and built on a powerful, flexible, and scalable platform. | September 21, 2023 |
| VisualSim | Mirabilis Design Inc. | Model-based system architecture exploration of electronics, embedded software and semiconductors based on timing, power consumption and functionality | June 11, 2017 |
| WITNESS | Lanner Group Ltd. | Discrete event simulation with VR available on desktop and cloud | May 8, 2018 |
Open source
| Name | Language | Type | Last updated | License | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN Tools | BETA | Application | February 1, 2015 (v4.0.1) | GPLv2 | A tool to analyse logistics/queuing models in all types of applications. |
| DESMO-J | Java | Library | November 30, 2015 (v2.5.1c) | Apache 2.0 | A framework for discrete-event simulation in Java, supporting hybrid event/process models and providing animation in 2D and 3D. |
| gem5 | C++ | Application | December 31, 2025 (v25.1.0.0) | BSD | The gem5 simulator is a modular platform for computer-system architecture research, encompassing system-level architecture as well as processor microarchitecture. |
| JaamSim | Java | Application | February 24, 2026 (v.2026-01) | Apache 2.0 | is a fast and scalable discrete-event simulation software that includes a drag-and-drop user interface, interactive 3D graphics, input and output processing and model development tools and editors. "Out of all the OS DES projects we reviewed, JaamSim is the one with the most impressive 3D user interface that can compete against COTS DES software. (...) The fact that a non-expert user can just download and test the software in a few minutes is something that is a scarce attribute in OS projects and especially in the DES domain. (...) It is the only tool we found that is clearly industry driven (...) and this may have led to more consistent motivation and funding." "JaamSim provides everything which is necessary to model typical planning tasks in production and logistics and proves as a real alternative to commercial DES tools." |
| PowerDEVS | C++ | Application | September 18, 2013 (v933) | AFL, GPLv2 | An integrated tool for hybrid systems modeling and simulation based on the DEVS formalism. |
| Ptolemy II | Java | Library | December 17, 2014 (v10.0.1) | BSD | A software framework supporting experimentation with actor-oriented design. |
| SIM.JS | JavaScript | Library | January 16, 2012 (v0.26) | LGPL | SIM.JS is a general-purpose Discrete Event Simulation library written entirely in JavaScript. Runs in browser and a GUI-based modeling tool is supported. |
| SimPy | Python | Library | November 12, 2023 (4.1.1) | MIT | SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python. |
| Simula | Simula | Language | June 1, 1967 | A programming language designed specifically for simulation. | |
| SystemC | C++ | Library | November 15, 2018 (v2.3.3) | Apache 2.0 | A set of C++ classes and macros which provide an event-driven simulation kernel. |
See also
Further reading
- Byrne, James; Heavey, Cathal; Byrne, P.J. (March 2010). "A review of Web-based simulation and supporting tools". Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 18 (3). Elsevier: 253–276. doi:.
- Dagkakis, Georgios; Heavey, Cathal (August 2016). "A review of open source discrete event simulation software for operations research". Journal of Simulation. 10 (3). Palgrave Macmillan UK: 193–206. doi:.
- Lang, Sebastian; Reggelin, Tobias; Muller, Marcel; Nahhas, Abdulrahman (2021). . Procedia Computer Science. 180. Elsevier: 978–987. doi:.