<s>
MLDesigner	B-Application
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
modeling	B-Application
and	O
simulation	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
complex	O
embedded	O
and	O
networked	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDesigner	B-Application
speeds	O
up	O
modeling	B-Application
,	O
simulation	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
discrete	O
event	O
,	O
discrete	O
time	O
and	O
continuous	O
time	O
systems	O
concerning	O
architecture	O
,	O
function	O
and	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDesigner	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
by	O
MLDesign	O
Technologies	O
Inc	O
.	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
CA	O
,	O
USA	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Mission	O
Level	O
Design	O
GmbH	O
,	O
Ilmenau	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
hierarchically	O
structured	O
block	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
are	O
stored	O
in	O
MML	O
(	O
Model	O
Markup	O
Language	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
may	O
therefore	O
also	O
be	O
generated	O
automatically	O
by	O
XML-transformations	O
from	O
other	O
XML	B-Protocol
based	O
models	O
descriptions	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
UML	B-Language
(	O
via	O
XML	B-Protocol
Model	O
Interchance	O
,	O
XMI	O
)	O
,	O
BoNES	O
,	O
Cossap	O
or	O
OPD/OPM	O
(	O
Object	O
Process	O
Diagram/Modeling	O
)	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Primitives	O
are	O
the	O
smallest	O
units	O
in	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
behaviour	O
of	O
primitives	O
is	O
either	O
coded	O
in	O
ANSI	O
C/C	O
++	O
or	O
modeled	O
using	O
Finite	B-Architecture
State	I-Architecture
Machines	I-Architecture
(	O
FSM	B-Architecture
)	O
and/or	O
may	O
exchange	O
information	O
with	O
other	O
simulators	O
,	O
internet	O
based	O
systems	O
or	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDesigner	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
2000	O
library	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
system	O
modeling	B-Application
therefore	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
primitives	O
is	O
generally	O
not	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simulations	O
in	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
are	O
based	O
on	O
specific	O
,	O
matter	O
depending	O
models	O
of	O
computation	O
(	O
MOC	O
)	O
,	O
called	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
kernel	O
automatically	O
synchronizes	O
model	O
elements	O
created	O
in	O
different	O
domains	O
within	O
a	O
single	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
modeling	B-Application
and	O
simulation	O
of	O
time	O
discrete	O
,	O
time	O
continuous	O
and	O
event	O
discrete	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Multi-Domain-Simulator	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
supports	O
among	O
others	O
the	O
following	O
domains	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDF	O
domain	O
is	O
a	O
data	O
driven	O
,	O
statically	O
scheduled	O
domain	O
in	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
discrete	O
event	O
(	O
DE	O
)	O
domain	O
in	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
general	O
environment	O
for	O
event-oriented	O
simulations	O
of	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
queuing	O
networks	O
,	O
communication	O
networks	O
,	O
and	O
high-level	O
models	O
of	O
computer	O
architectures	O
,	O
organizational	O
systems	O
,	O
or	O
production	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
like	O
special	O
events	O
or	O
resources	O
,	O
which	O
represents	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
quantities	O
and	O
processor	O
computation	O
times	O
,	O
make	O
modeling	B-Application
intuitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
ready-made	O
model	O
elements	O
like	O
scheduling	O
mechanism	O
simplifies	O
significantly	O
the	O
modeling	B-Application
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DE	O
domain	O
allows	O
the	O
modeling	B-Application
of	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
bus	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
digital	O
controller	O
systems	O
,	O
computer	O
architecture	O
and	O
system-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
(	O
SoCs	O
)	O
,	O
networked	O
computer	O
systems	O
,	O
or	O
networked	O
organizational	O
,	O
production	O
,	O
or	O
design/development	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FSM	B-Architecture
is	O
a	O
concept	O
for	O
modeling	B-Application
event	O
based	O
systems	O
with	O
finite	B-Architecture
state	I-Architecture
automatons	I-Architecture
,	O
an	O
abstraction	O
where	O
the	O
system	O
behavior	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
directed	O
graphs	O
,	O
a	O
finite	O
set	O
of	O
conditions	O
,	O
called	O
states	O
,	O
and	O
transitions	O
between	O
this	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSM	B-Architecture
represents	O
the	O
current	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
or	O
of	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSM	B-Architecture
domain	O
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
concept	O
to	O
model	O
event	O
oriented	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internal	O
the	O
FSM	B-Architecture
models	O
are	O
mapped	O
on	O
DE	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
FSM	B-Architecture
domain	O
systems	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
modeled	O
by	O
one	O
or	O
multiple	O
state	O
automatons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
FSM	B-Architecture
domain	O
includes	O
a	O
graphical	O
editor	O
and	O
an	O
action	O
language	O
for	O
defining	O
and	O
managing	O
states	O
,	O
transitions	O
and	O
interface	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSM	B-Architecture
model	O
can	O
be	O
formally	O
validated	O
and	O
code	O
generated	O
from	O
this	O
validated	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDesigner	B-Application
contains	O
several	O
more	O
domains	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
the	O
HOF	O
domain	O
(	O
High	O
Order	O
Function	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
procedural	O
modeling	B-Application
of	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beside	O
the	O
above	O
described	O
domains	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
model	O
and	O
to	O
simulate	O
and	O
therefore	O
are	O
called	O
simulation	O
domains	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
code	O
generation	O
domains	O
in	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
then	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
object	O
code	O
in	O
C	O
or	O
VHDL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beside	O
using	O
MLDesigner	B-Application
code	O
generation	O
domains	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
generate	O
directly	O
ANSI-C	O
Code	O
,	O
VHDL-Code	O
or	O
SystemC-Code	O
for	O
models	O
completely	O
created	O
with	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
DE	O
and	O
the	O
FSM	B-Architecture
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDesigner	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
design	O
missions	O
,	O
systems	O
,	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
,	O
reconfigurable	O
electronics	O
and	O
miscellaneous	O
other	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
for	O
modeling	B-Application
,	O
simulation	O
and	O
optimization	O
of	O
automotive	O
,	O
avionics	O
and	O
space	O
systems	O
,	O
satellite	O
communication	O
systems	O
and	O
organizational	O
,	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
