Philosophy
It is quite simple to extend a scheduling mechanism with
basic needs for a professional simulation package, such as queues, statistical
distributions,animation etc. By doing so, a general simulation tool would
result with fixed facilities, but also – and this is more important-
with a number of restrictions, which can only be solved with great
difficulty and against high costs.
The starting point for TOMASWEB is to be useful in solving
complex control problems. Every problem in this area is (at least
partly) unique. Research and education is therefore better served
by offering these facilities as well-documented source code,
free to use, but also ready to extend. In this environment TOMASWEB
provides a common and free library of source code for general
simulation use. Elements in this libray will be for example queueing,
statistical and animation classes.
Feel free to explore, use and extend each of the tools below.
TOMAS: the kernel of this simulation environment
The next tools are extensions to TOMAS.
RESOURCES: working with limited capacities
GRAPHICS: representation of statistical data during a simulation run
ANIMATION: an extension to TOMAS to support 3d animation
DISTRIBUTION: distributed simulation using the internet
INPUT: reading input from formatted texts
Participants
Users of these simulation tools are considered as participants,
not as clients. Participation consists of using, distributing,
exchanging and supplying source code. The major rule for
participation in this environment requires all software to be
Open Source software. Everyone can use or modify the software on
one’s own discretion. Distribution of the software is also allowed
and it is even allowed to charge for this distribution. However
always under the condition, that every redistributor passes on the
same level of freedom as provided in the software on these pages
and refers to TOMASWEB as the original source!
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