List of discrete event simulation software

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This is a list of notable discrete-event simulation software.

## Contents

* 1 Commercial
* 2 Open source
* 3 See also
* 4 Further reading
* 5 References

## Commercial

Software  | Publisher  | Description  | Last updated

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AnyLogic | The AnyLogic Company  | A general purpose multimethod modeling tool. Combines agent-based, system dynamics, and discrete event modeling.  | 2024-11-20[1]
Arena | Rockwell Automation  | A discrete event simulation program that also allows modeling of continuous processes.  | 2019-08-28[2]
Care pathway simulator  | SAASoft Ltd.  | A discrete event simulation program specifically designed for service industries e.g. healthcare.  | {{{1}}}Unknown
Enterprise Dynamics | INCONTROL Simulation Solutions  | A simulation software platform to model and analyze virtually any manufacturing, material handling and logistics challenge.  | 2018-07-18[3]
ExtendSim | Imagine That Inc.  | A general purpose, multi-method simulation and analysis tool that also includes discrete rate and reliability block diagramming components.  | 2023-03-07[4]
DELMIA  | Dassault Systemes  | Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform of Dassault Systemes  | 2019-06-07[5]
FlexSim  | FlexSim Software Products, Inc.  | A discrete event simulation software with a drag-and-drop interface for modeling simulations in 3D.  | 2025-03-14[6]
GoldSim | GoldSim Technology Group LLC  | Combines system dynamics with aspects of discrete event simulation, embedded in a Monte Carlo framework.  | 2015-09-21[7]
GPSS | Various  | A discrete event simulation language. Different implementations are available through vendors.  | {{{1}}}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.  | 2019-05-20[8]
MS4 Modeling Environment | RTSync Corporation  | A general purpose DEVS methodology based software environment for discrete event and hybrid models.  | 2015-07-23[9]
Plant Simulation | Siemens PLM Software | Software that enables the simulation and optimization of production systems and processes.  | 2019-05-03[10]
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.  | 2016-08-11[11]
SimEvents | MathWorks | Adds discrete event simulation to the MATLAB/Simulink environment.  | 2016-09-14[12]
SIMUL8 | SIMUL8 Corporation  | Object-based simulation software  | 2019-01-22[13]
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.  | 2023-09-21[14]
VisualSim | Mirabilis Design Inc.  | Model-based system architecture exploration of electronics, embedded software and semiconductors based on timing, power consumption and functionality  | 2017-06-11
WITNESS | Lanner Group Ltd.  | Discrete event simulation with VR available on desktop and cloud  | 2018-05-08

## Open source

Name  | Language  | Type  | Last updated  | License  | Description

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CPN Tools | BETA | Application  | 2015-02-01 (v4.0.1)[15] | GPLv2 | A tool to analyse logistics/queuing models in all types of applications.
DESMO-J | Java | Library  | 2015-11-30 (v2.5.1c)[16] | 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  | August 8, 2024  | BSD | The gem5 simulator is a modular platform for computer-system architecture research, encompassing system-level architecture as well as processor microarchitecture.[17]
JaamSim | Java | Application  | September 18, 2024 (v.2024-07)  | Apache 2.0  | JaamSim 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.[18] "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."[19]

"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." [20]

PowerDEVS | C++ | Application  | 2013-09-18 (v933)[21] | AFL, GPLv2  | An integrated tool for hybrid systems modeling and simulation based on the DEVS formalism.
Ptolemy II  | Java | Library  | 2014-12-17 (v10.0.1)[22] | BSD  | A software framework supporting experimentation with actor-oriented design.[22]
SIM.JS | JavaScript | Library  | 2012-01-16 (v0.26)[23] | 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  | 2023-11-12 (4.1.1)[24] | MIT | SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python.[25]
Simula | Simula | Language  | 1967-06-01  |  | A programming language designed specifically for simulation.
SNA  | C# | Library  | 2025-06-08 (v1.0.5)[26] | MIT | A lightweight open-source library for building Discrete Event Simulations (DES) in C# and .NET.[27]
SystemC | C++ | Library  | 2018-11-15 (v2.3.3)[28] | Apache 2.0 | A set of C++ classes and macros which provide an event-driven simulation kernel.

## See also

* List of computer-aided engineering software

## 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 (Elsevier) 18 (3): 253–276. doi:10.1016/j.simpat.2009.09.013.
* Dagkakis, Georgios; Heavey, Cathal (August 2016). "A review of open source discrete event simulation software for operations research". Journal of Simulation (Palgrave Macmillan UK) 10 (3): 193–206. doi:10.1057/jos.2015.9.
* Lang, Sebastian; Reggelin, Tobias; Muller, Marcel; Nahhas, Abdulrahman (2021). "Open-source discrete-event simulation software for applications in production and logistics: An alternative to commercial tools?". Procedia Computer Science (Elsevier) 180: 978–987. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2021.01.349.

## References

1. ↑ "AnyLogic 8.9.2 and 8.9.3: innovations that drive future progress 8.7.4". https://www.anylogic.com/blog/anylogic-8-9-2-and-8-9-3-innovations-that-drive-future-progress/.
2. ↑ "Ąrena 16 Release Notes. Retrieved 2020-03-09". SimWell. 29 March 2019. https://www.simwell.ca/en/arena-16-new-features/.
3. ↑ "Enterprise Dynamics 10.2 released". https://www.incontrolsim.com/enterprise-dynamics-10-2-released/.
4. ↑ "ExtendSim Simulation Software Updates". https://www.extendsim.com/support/updates.
5. ↑ "Dassault Systemes website" (in en-US). https://events.3ds.com/how-to-transform-your-planning-complex-discrete-manufacturing#_ga=2.217589203.456879781.1646145015-4cec8aa0-f455-11eb-ba8a-a7b9aa0b61ff.
6. ↑ "FlexSim 2025.1". https://docs.flexsim.com/en/25.1/Reference/ReleaseNotesAndHistory/ReleaseNotesAndHistory.html.
7. ↑ "News - GoldSim". http://www.goldsim.com/Web/Company/News/.
8. ↑ "Micro Saint Sharp Homepage". http://www.microsaintsharp.com.
9. ↑ "RTSync Homepage". http://www.rtsync.com/pages/newsdetail.php?seq=14.
10. ↑ "Tecnomatix Plant Simulation 15 – What's New?". 2019-05-03. https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/tecnomatix/tecnomatix-plant-simulation-15-whats-new/.
11. ↑ Software, CreateASoft, Inc - Simulation. "Simcad Pro Process Simulator 12.2". http://www.createasoft.com/Simulation-Software-Press-Releases/category/90/simcad-pro-process-simulator-122-2475.
12. ↑ "SimEvents - What's New". http://www.mathworks.com/products/simevents/whatsnew.html.
13. ↑ "CTO Blog – Why SIMUL8 2016 Will Surprise You!". http://blog.simul8.com/why-simul8-2016-will-surprise-you/.
14. ↑ "Visual Components - 3D Manufacturing Simulation Software". http://www.visualcomponents.com/.
15. ↑ "CPN Tools - Whats New?"
16. ↑ "DESMO-J version history"
17. ↑ Binkert, Nathan; Beckmann, Bradford; Black, Gabriel; Reinhardt, Steven K.; Saidi, Ali; Basu, Arkaprava; Hestness, Joel; Hower, Derek R. et al. (2011-05-31). "The gem5 simulator" (in en). ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News 39 (2): 1–7. doi:10.1145/2024716.2024718. ISSN 0163-5964. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2024716.2024718.
18. ↑ King, D.H.; Harrison, H.S. (2013). "Open-source simulation software "JaamSim"" (in en). 2013 Winter Simulations Conference (WSC). pp. 2163–2171. doi:10.1109/WSC.2013.6721593. ISBN 978-1-4799-3950-3.
19. ↑ Dagkakis, Georgios; Heavey, Cathal (August 2016). "A review of open source discrete event simulation software for operations research". Journal of Simulation (Palgrave Macmillan UK) 10 (3): 193–206. doi:10.1057/jos.2015.9.
20. ↑ Lang, Sebastian; Reggelin, Tobias; Muller, Marcel; Nahhas, Abdulrahman (2021). "Open-source discrete-event simulation software for applications in production and logistics: An alternative to commercial tools?". Procedia Computer Science (Elsevier) 180: 978–987. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2021.01.349.
21. ↑ "PowerDEVS - Sourceforge release list"
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Ptolemy II Homepage"
23. ↑ "SIM.JS - code.google.com changes"
24. ↑ "SimPy History & Change Log"
25. ↑ "SimPy Documentation"
26. ↑ "SimNextgenApp GitHub Releases"
27. ↑ "SNA GitHub"
28. ↑ "accellera"

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