The GLIDER group

The development of the language started in 1985 from a proposal made by Renato Del Canto, who participated in the early meetings with Carlos Domingo and Marisela Hernández. All them were working at the IEAC (Institute of Applied Statistics and  Computing of the Economy Faculty at Los Andes University, Mérida, Venezuela). The concept and first language definition were designed and tested by C.Domingo and M. Hernández during 1985-1986, and useful suggestions were made by Cristina Zoltán from Simón Bolívar University. Since 1986, a formal group, constitued by Carlos Domingo, José G. Silva and Giorgio Tonella  added important features to the language and advised the implementation of the compiler, made by C.Domingo and the graphic editor programmed by M.Sananes. Hebert Hoeger and Marta Sananes joined the group later. The group continues developing new features to include in future versions, as Object-Oriented and Paralel processing capabilities. G. Tonella, from the CESIMO (Modeling and Simulation Research Centre of the Engineering Faculty), was responsable for the development of applications that suggested new developments and improvements. He also contributed with general key ideas linking the structure of the language with the general theory of simulation. Important suggestions, developments and applications were made in graduate and undergraduate thesis, supervised by members of the GLIDER group (such as Carlos Domingo, Herbert Hoeger, Marta Sananes, José G. Silva, Giorgio Tonella):
 
 

Omar Velandia (1990), Oscar Nuñez (1990), Cruz Mario Acosta (1991)[], Gerardo Rojas (1991), Henry Reinoza (1992)[], Maria Dávila (1992), Mayba Uzcátegui (1992)[], Segundo Quiróz (M.Sc. 1992)[], Liliana Capacho (1992), Dominique Tineo (1992), Hungría Berbesí (1993), Tania Zambrano (M.Sc. 1993)[], Mauricio Jeréz (M.Sc. 1993), Esperanza Díaz (1993)[], Kay Tucci (1993)[], Francisco Palm (1994)[], Gilberto González (1994), Terán Osvaldo (M.Sc. 1994)[], Ricardo Guanieri (M.Sc. 1994), Margarita Molina (M.Sc. 1995).

 And with the research training projects of the following students:

Kay Tucci (1993), Tania Jiménez (1994)[], Gilberto González (1994), Rafael Tineo (1996), Dante Conti (1996). Marisol Benitez (1996).

Financial support were obtained from the C.D.C.H.T. (Comittee for Scientific, Humanistic and Technological Development) of the Andes University, Mérida, Venezuela for the period 1992-1994 (project E-122-92) and 1996-1998 (project I-524-95-AA).

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