Silk™:: Usable and reusable, Java']Java™-based, object-oriented simulation

The objective of this paper is to change the way you think about building simulation models. Why? Because we have developed a better approach. Why is your approach better? Because it combines the best of object-oriented programming with process-oriented modeling in a usable and reusable style in an affordable development environment. Why should we believe you? Because we have a great deal of experience as simulation language developers, vendors, consultants, researchers and educators. What motivated this approach? Inherent problems in traditional OO languages created the need and features of the Java programming language and JavaBeans component architecture supplied the opportunity. What do you call this approach? Silk. So why is Silk going to change the way I think about building simulation models?