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Foil 135 Global Virtual Time

From Overview of PET and CHSSI FMS (Forces Modeling and Simulation) ASC MSRC FMS Day Meeting Dayton Ohio -- July 29 1999. by Wojtek Furmanski
Definition: GVT is the minimum time-tag of...
  • Unprocessed event
  • Unsent message
  • Message or antimessage in transit
Theoretically, GVT changes as events are processed
In practice, GVT is updated periodically by a GVT update Algorithm
To correctly provide time management services to the outside world, GVT must be updated synchronously between internal SPEEDES nodes

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