Abstract
Modern computers and their supporting environments enable the specification of discrete event simulation problems to be a mixture of graphics and text. Such specifications can be rapidly updated to match the changing problem understanding. This paper describes the development of a specification system that uses the graphical methods of activity cycle diagrams on an Apple Macintosh computer. This research system, MacACD, can be combined with other simulation tools to enable the automatic generation of a simulation program with a visual iconic display. A short description of how MacACD works demonstrates its strengths and weaknesses. The advantages the Macintosh approach provided for this research are given.
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