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(General Purpose Simulation System) A programming language for discrete event simulation, which is used to build models of operations such as manufacturing environments, communications systems and traffic patterns. Originally developed by IBM for mainframes, PC versions are available, such as GPSS/World by Minuteman Software (www.minutemansoftware.com) and GPSS/H by Wolverine Software (www.wolverinesoftware.com).


GPSS
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A problem-oriented programming language designed to assist the user in developing models. Acronym for general-purpose systems simulation.

GPSS - General Purpose Systems Simulator. Geoffrey Gordon, 1960. Discrete simulations. "The Application of GPSS V to Discrete System Simulation", G. Gordon, P-H 1975. Versions include GPSS II (1963), GPSS III (1965), GPS/360 (1967), and GPSS V (1970).


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GPSS centralizes part control over a number of divisions and provides a process where the price of parts, usage volumes, quality levels, and the frequency of standard parts reuse can be retrieved in real time," said Koichi Kunimasa, chief innovation officer & chief promot (E2open Promotion Center), Business Process Innovation Division of Information Business Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
ORBCOMM), the first commercial provider of global low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite data and messaging communications services, announced it has signed a service license agreement with GPSS (Gibraltar) Holdings Limited to provide two-way data and messaging communications to the territories of Russia, Belarus and Mongolia.
 
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