Simulation Tools

The hidden secrets of success in advanced countries: The famous phrase, "why reinventing THE WHEEL?
" is the
accepted rule for not repeating the things in everyday life, education and research. The industry invests huge sums in the development of
simulation and modelling tools to preserve the successful and authentic experiments and methods which have been proven after hard work
and exercising the full scale expertise and efforts. The data generated from these simulators and models match the possible predicted results
from a real experiment, however, subjected to the assumptions and skills. These assumptions and skills depend on the choice of picking the
correct variables which come from the original models, basic fundamentals and also from the regular feedbacks from hit and trials.

All the world class academic and research institutions encourage the use of some sort of simulation development tools and aids to obtain
cost-effective and efficient solutions. The subject matter is not limited to the field of Engineering, Science, Technology, Architecture,
Business, Commerce and Social sciences but it covers almost every walk of life. This is simply to save cost, efforts and time.

This section is produced for the academic researchers to learn about the resources which are available on the internet (several are free to
download subject to their terms and conditions, for instant demo/evaluation/ time limited/student versions, etc) which will enhance the
personal skills and as well knowledge about the subject methods. Those students and scholars looking forward to proceed abroad for this
postgraduate research degree must do some background work to match the resonance. Otherwise they will let themselves down to learn that
they have to learn these tools from the scratch and will waste their valuable time. Unfortunately our academic research standards in Sindh,
Pakistan and south east Asian countries is not so high as compared to developed countries. Nonetheless, the personal efforts will help to
improve and learn these simulation tools quickly and effectively before leaving abroad. here we attempt to provide a list of identified and
used simulation development software, numerical analytical packages describing their applications. Please feel free to browse the links
provided. The long list is still incomplete and every effort will be made to make this useful. If you identify any other useful software that is
available on Internet, please do let us know about it so that our researcher could benefit from these hidden sources of success.

No claim notice! we are not affiliated in any way with any one of the companies who produce the simulation tools listed below. We do not
personally provide support or endorse any particular simulation tool. If you have an enquiry about customer support or downloads of
academic or evaluation version, please contact the developers. This is a review of simulation software that does not aim to be complete and
have been gathered from Internet resources of public domains. Some of the links may be changed or broken. If you want me to add a link to
a particular tool, please send an email to sindh2uk.

Types of Simulation and modelling tools: It is not possible to categorise simulation tools accurately (i.e. based on applications, numerical
models or interface etc) therefore if you are not sure about the types or group where the particular simulation software may belong, it is
advised to ignore the categories and give a few minutes of reading the contents of this page to find out yourself about useful package.

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Simulation categories: Click on one of the following links to see a selection of simulation tools falling in the corresponding
category.

Software libraries
Visual Simulation Tools and Environments
Simulation languages and integrated environments
Hybrid Simulation
Simulation of Industrial Processes and Networked systems
Simulation based on the World Dynamics approach
Bond graphs
Web based and distributed simulation
Modelling and simulation of Environmental Resources
Telecommunication Networks & Systems
Agent-based simulation
Qualitative simulation
Other Analytical software
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C++SIM
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C++ libraries for simulation of discrete event systems. A must have in your toolkit.
JavaSIM
The Java version of C++SIM.
DSOL
DSOL is an open source, java based, suite for continuous and discrete event simulation, developed at TU Delft, in the Netherlands. Among its
general features: distributed 2D and 3D animation supported, various random number generators, GIS/CAD files supported, statistics, charts
included. Continuous simulation is facilitated thanks to: numerical integration of n-th order ordinary differential equations with various
numerical integrators supported; real-time clock simulator for Emulation. In discrete event simulation event scheduling is specified through
scheduled method invokation and the Single threaded Process Interaction formalism is specified. It implements a flow "formalism" (Arena-
like).
DESMO-J
DESMO-J is a Framework for Discrete-Event Modelling and Simulation targeted at programmers developing simulation models in Java.
DESMO-J is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Simkit
Simkit is a package for creating Discrete Event Simulation (DES) models written in Java. Simkit is used as a platform to teach DES to
Masters' students in Operations Research and MOVES at the Naval Postgraduate School and it is free software (LGPL).
SimTools, Version 2.7
A review of some simulation tools. Updated Jan 1995.
The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd (NAG)
Library of numerical algorithms
Netlib
Library of numerical algorithms
Simulations in Java
Sim Java library
CSIM19
Mesquite CSIM is a process-oriented, general purpose simulation toolkit written with general C language functions. The toolkit allows
programmers to create and implement process-oriented, discrete-event simulation models.
Code by Law and Kelton
Code examples in C and FORTRAN from the successful book "Simulation Modelling and Analysis, by A.V. Law and W.D. Kelton
SSS
A library (coded in C) for discrete even system simulation by M. A. Pollatschek (visit his home page )
Mathtools
A "portal" providing free access to a set of valuable resources for MATLAB, Excel, C, C++, Fortran and Java.
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Warped
WARPED is a public domain Time Warp simulation kernel written in C++. The distribution includes a plug-in sequential kernel to support
comparative analysis to parallel executions. Primary development has been on Linux-based Pentium PCs, Sun Workstations, a 4-processor
Sun SparcCenter 1000, and the Intel Paragon
baseSim
iBright is the evolution of baseSim Simulation Components (formerly developed by solutions Base, now defunct) are a suite of Visual
Components designed to complement and extend the functionality of Borland Delphi v.4.0/5.0. They provide the means to produce simple or
complex discrete-event Simulation Models.
OpEMCSS
The Operational Evaluation Modelling for Context-Sensitive Systems (OpEMCSS) is an add-on to the Extend simulation environment. It allows
the user to represent Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) with relative ease.

TomasWeb
TomasWeb offers object-oriented simulation tools that are implemented in Delphi 5 and 6. They are all based on the 'process oriented
approach': a description-method, where several events (state changes) are combined into one single 'process'. It therefore supports process-
oriented simulation. TomasWeb has been developed primarily for education and research. It is a free simulation tool. It can be downloaded,
but you will need Borland's Delphi to use it.

HighMAST object-oriented simulation library
HighPoint Software Systems offers an object oriented simulation class library and framework. It is written in C# , and consists of 200+
classes, 70+ interfaces. The HighMAST framework is built as an open architecture library on Microsoft's capable .NET technology base.
HighMast has also been successfully employed to deliver Agent-based and Hybrid simulations.
DEx
DEx, the Dynamic Experimentation toolkit, aims to provide a fast, flexible, and easy-to-use platform for developing, analyzing, and
visualizing dynamic multi-body simulations. The kernel and utility classes constitute a framework that can be used alone in C++ or in
combination with the DEx language, a domain-specific language based on C++ designed for rapid prototyping. It compiles under Linux and it
is available for download.
Simulacn 4
Simulacn 4 is a Microsoft Excel add-on developed by Jos Ricardo Varela, which transforms your spreadsheet in a discrete-event simulation
tool. Written in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), it features 34 different random number function generators, it allows Monte Carlo
simulation up to 65.000 iterations and it handles up to 150 different inputs and 20 outputs. The simulation results are displayed in 4 different
worksheets, one for the data, one for summary stats of all variables and one for detailed statistics of a selected variable. The last worksheet
is dedicated to sensitivity analysis of the results.
SimulAr
Argentina is a fertile land for Excel add-ons. SimulAr, by Luciano Machain, is an Excel add-on designed for risk analysis based on a Monte
Carlo approach. With SimulAr the user has a wide number of random variable generators available. SimulAr is not a simulation tool itself (in
the same way as Simulacn isn't), but it is very valuable if you want to build a simulation model using Excel. Remember that difference
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equations are easy to implement in Excel, DEVS are not so easy, so you might like to have a look at tools such as XLSsim.
Insight and XLSsim
The Insight suite is a set of Visual Basic for Applications programs running in Excel and it provides: XLSim Standard Edition (Monte Carlo
Simulation, with up to 10,000 iterations and 5 output cells, 5 parameters); QUEUE.xla, and Excel add-on that allows to simulate simple
queues; Q-NET.xla for simulating Queuing Networks; Markov.xls for Markov Chain template. Insight also includes XLForecast for Time Series
Analysis and XLTree for Standard Edition and Decision Trees
IMTEK Mathematica Supplement
The IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) adds about 700(!) new function and about 60 new packages to Mathematica, allowing it to
become a powerful simulation tool. Differential Equations. Some features are: nD multiphysics Finite Element Environment with lots of
application examples (Finite Difference Navier-Stokes Solver, Multigrid Package, Model Order Reduction for large scale dynamic systems,
lumped model simulator). It also provides various graphic capabilities and a set of lectures on Simulation.

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VisSim
VisSim (Visual Solutions), a visual block diagram language for nonlinear dynamic simulation. A block API allows users to create their own
blocks in C/C++, FORTRAN, ADA, or Pascal. Addons allow real-time analog and digital I/O for real-time simulation, embedded system C code
generation, optimization, neural nets, OPC, frequency domain analysis, scaled fixed point, IIR and FIR filter design. Demo available for
download from the home page.
Extend
Extend (Imagine That, Inc.) is a simulation environment used to model, analyze, and optimize processes. It has a lot of features like libraries
of components, hierarchies of models, linking with MS Office, and the ability to model continuous, discrete event, and hybrid systems.
Extend has its own modelling language (ModL) which resembles C, and the ability to call code from other languages. It has specialized
packages for Industrial Systems, Operations Research, and Continuous Process simulations.
SIMUL8
SIMUL8 by Visual Thinking Intl. It allows the user to pick from a predefined set of simulation objects and statistical distributions to create the
model. It also allows hierarchical modelling. Main focus on discrete event simulation.
Lean Modeler
Produced as a joint venture of Simul8 and Visual8, it is a value stream mapping tool. That is, Lean-Modeler is a process simulation tool
designed for practitioners of Lean manufacturing. It combines familiar value stream mapping components with the power of process
simulation to generate performance results for current state and future state value streams. Lean-Modeler value stream models are
composed of intelligent simulation objects that represent all of the standard value stream mapping components, including: Supplier,
Customers, Shipping, Inventory, Process, Supermarkets, Safety Stock, Work Cell. Lean-Modeler also supports a variety of information
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components that can be used to enhance both the appearance and utility of a model. Use these components in combination with the process
components to create value stream maps rich with information: Kaizen Events, Memo Boxes, Production Control, Clock Parameters, Trucking,
Pieces Per Day Scheduling, Go-See Scheduling.
Dymola
The modelling environment Dymola, by Dynasim, an object oriented tool for modelling and simulation of continuous systems. Focus on
robotics and mechanical systems. Now integrated with Modelica modelling language. Modelica allows integration and reuse of code developed
in different modelling and simulation environments.
Awesim
Awesim provides a simulation engine focused on the production of model animations thanks to Visual SLAM. Animations can be built
graphically and the user can specify controls to build interactive simulations.

LabVIEW
Labview (National Instruments): a visual programming environment, that enables interfacing with various measurement and laboratory
devices. It now sports various simulation-related add-ons such as the NI LabVIEW Simulation module that allows to develop simulation
models that acquire data in real-time using LabVIEW's data acquisition functions. It is also possible to import Simulink models in LabVIEW
and to integrate Simulink models with a variety of real-time hardware I/O.
Goldsim

GoldSim is a general purpose simulator for nearly any kind of physical, financial or organizational system. Models are built graphically
drawing an influence diagram of your system. Goldsim Academic is offered free for students, professors and teachers. Goldsim also provides
a player that enables anyone to view your model, without requiring the installation of the full package. Goldsim also provides dedicated
modules for specific issues such as contaminant transport, radionuclide decay. Goldsim simulation can also be run in a distributed
environment thanks to the Godlsim DP component
BuildSim
BuildSim, by Tritera, is an Integrated Environment for Design, Simulation and Analysis of Systems.
BuildSim is an interactive software application that integrates numerical analysis, block diagram mathematical representations, signal processing and
graphics in a graphical interactive environment.
It allows to generate source-code (C++ and Java). Available for Macintosh. There is a version available for download.
OptSim
OptSim 4.0 is the result of the merge between the former OptSim 3.6 sample mode engine, implementing simulation in the time domain
sample by sample using a linear convolution algorithm, and the LinkSIM block mode engine, implementing the Frequency Domain Split Step.
It is an intuitive modelling and simulation environment supporting the design and the performance evaluation of the transmission level of
optical communication systems.
MicroSaint
Micro Saint is a general purpose, flexible simulation software product. It has a graphical user interface and is based on a flow chart approach
to modelling. Runs on Windows machines. Demo available for download.
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EcosimPro
EcosimPro is a continuous system simulator. It is capable of dealing with Differential Algebraic Equations.
It has a graphical user interface which facilitates the modelling task. Icons appearing in the model editor correspond to the real components of your system.
The user can specify the models using the dedicated EL language, which can call FORTRAN and C routines.
An interesting feature is the support of "simulation experiments" for a given model. A debugger is also available.
SimCreator
SimCreator is a graphical simulation and modelling system. It is aimed at the simulation of continuous time systems.
It's interface is similar to Mathwork's Simulink. Simpler models can be connected to build complex models. Models can be nested. The
graphical specification is then translated in C code. A beta version is available for download
Berleley Madonna
A numerical simulation program for Macintosh and Windows computers. Designed to be a general solver of systems of ordinary differential
equations. Developed at the University of California at Berkeley for teaching and research, it has been used for six years in classrooms and
laboratories.
It is Shareware, download here .
XJ Technologies
XJ Technologies provides a set of tools, all of them with a visual development environment, for different simulation fields: hybrid simulation
(AnyLogic), parallel systems (Covers), and state charts (Any States).
Simprocess
Simprocess is an object-oriented, process modelling and analysis tool. It combines the simplicity of flowcharting with the power of
simulation, statistical analysis, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), and animation.
SansGUI
SansGUI is modelling and simulation environment for developing and deploying scientific and engineering simulators without writing any
graphical user interface code. SansGUI is currently available for Microsoft Windows platforms. Microsoft Visual C++ and Compaq Visual
Fortran are supported for creating highly interactive in-process simulators while other languages can be used to develop external process
simulators.
QX3D
QX3D is an editor and a code generator that helps you visualize and animate your mechanical model. Just tell it the bodies to be connected,
their geometric attributes (i.e. frame location, orientation), and the body shapes, then it will generate the VRML codes to visualize it for you.
Large number of hops can be assigned to each body. You can also animate it with the simulation results base on your multimode dynamics
simulation. Demos available.
SimCad Pro

SimCAD Pro is a Process Simulation and modelling tool, which allows top down modelling of complex industrial processes. The main process
flow is defined and then each process cell is expanded into its individual processes. CreateAsoft, the maker of SimCad pro, also provides a
viewer to show and distribute your simulations.

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SIGMA

SIGMA claims to have been the first graphical simulation environment running on Windows. It is a valid educational tool, since it allows the
modeller to describe the system using process flow charts. It is also able to manage complex systems, thanks to Event Graphs. These Event
Graphs can be edited during the simulation.
Supplemental resources can be found on the OR and MS course at Cornell University, where SIGMA is used as a simulation tool in the
classroom.

Visual Components

Visual Components provides tools to package complex automation systems into re-useable simulation components that are lightweight,
easily customized and distributed via email. The re-useable visual components save automation companies costs in all phases of a system's
life-cycle. These components implement COM interfaces and run in a Windows environment. The components are also scriptable using the
Python language.

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MS1
MS1 by Lorenz Simulation is a continuous system simulator with the ability to let designers to use different modelling languages such as
Bond Graphs, Linear Graphs, Block Diagrams and numerical Models and also to employ alternative model solvers such as ACSL, ESACAP,
CSSL IV, DASSL, etc.
20-sim
20-sim (developed by Controllab products, derived from TwenteSim) bond graphs and blocks modelling system for continuous systems.
Developed at the University of Twente. Demo download.
Symbols 2000
Symbols 2000, a product of two decades of research at the Indian Institute of Technology of Kharagpur, is a graphical modelling, simulation
and control software. It provides an object oriented modelling tool using bond graphs, block diagrams, and equation models to model
dynamic systems. Online simulation with event handlers. Pre-cast sub-models for advanced engineering components. Full C++ compatibility.
Analog, digital and state-space analysis using control systems module.
Demos for DOS and NT are available for download .
CAMP-G

The modeller can design Bond Graphs models of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, thermal and control systems, CAMP-G is a model
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generating tool that interfaces with languages such as MATLAB, SIMULINK, ACSL and others to perform computer simulations of physical and
control systems.

MTT

MTT, the Model Transformation Tools, comprises a set of tools for modelling dynamic physical systems using the bond graph methodology
and transforming these models into representations suitable for analysis, control and simulation. These tools use, and generate m files for,
GNU Octave. MTT is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License.

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(modelling language + simulation environment)
NI MATRIXx
New life for MATRIXx. After having been owned by ISI, then acquired by WindRiver, it is now in the safe hands of National Instruments, the
makers of LabView. Renamed NI-MATRIXx, it is advertised as a software suite for model-based control design and it provides automatic code
generation for real-time embedded systems. It now features a tight integration with other NI software.
SIMULINK and MATLAB
MATLAB: the leading language for technical computing, DSP, control design, etc. SIMULINK provides a graphical interface to some of the
MATLAB functions, thus enabling the user to graphically design models and control systems
Note that MIDEVA, a MATLAB clone which boosted a faster performance thanks to a better compiler was acquired by MathWorks and it will be
included in future releases of MATLAB.
Octave and Scilab
Free software which can compete with Matlab and MatrixX. Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations in a
user-friendly environment
Scicos
Scicos is a dynamic systems modeller and simulator. It is a 'Scilab toolbox' and it is included in the Scilab Package Written in Fortran, C and
Scilab language, it comes with complete source code.
SimLab
This is the initial release of the SimLab software. Includes mathematical functionality for algebraic and topological computations and code for
creating triangulations of planar areas. Developed by Cornell University.
FreeMat
It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks, and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source. FreeMat includes
several novel features such as a codeless interface to external C/C++/FORTRAN code, parallel/distributed algorithm development (via MPI),
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and plotting and visualization capabilities.
SDX
SDX is a high performance Fortran based Problem Solving Environment for dynamics (continuous, discrete, hybrid) related applications in
science and engineering.
ACSL Sim
ACSL is owned by AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. ACSL Sim combines the core language ACSL, with a complete set of ACSL runtime
libraries, the ACSL translator, the ACSL system macro file, the ACSL builder, and an easy to use graphical user interface to give the user an
interactive and simulation-friendly development environment.
DESIRE
DESIRE (Direct Executing Simulation in Real Time) is a very fast interactive modelling and simulation of dynamic systems, used in industry
and education since 1986. Runtime compilation lets your programs execute without translation delays. This permits truly interactive
modelling and immediate comparisons of live models. An academic version that allows to handle state system can be downloaded for free.
DESIRE/2000 for Windows includes an experiment-protocol language for controlling multirun simulation studies, and an industrial-strength
differential-equation solver. DESIRE/2000 handles up to 20,000 first-order differential equations entered in readable scalar or matrix
notation, with a choice of 14 integration rules. Multiple models can include user-designed neural networks and fuzzy logic.

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SimPy
SimPy (= Simulation in Python) is an object-oriented, process-based discrete-event simulation language based on standard Python and
released under the GNU GPL. It provides the modeller with components of a simulation model including processes, for active components like
customers, messages, and vehicles, and resources, for passive components that form limited capacity congestion points like servers,
checkout counters, and tunnels. It also provides monitor variables to aid in gathering statistics. Random variables are provided by the
standard Python random module. SimPy comes with data collection capabilities, GUI and plotting packages. It can be easily interfaced to
other packages, such as plotting, statistics, GUI, spreadsheets, and data bases. SimPy is under active development by an international
development team. It can be downloaded free of charge from http://simpy.sourceforge.net.
ACSL Sim
ACSL (a language for simulation of continuous system) by AEgis Research into ACSL Sim, a tool for the simulation of continuous systems.
GPSS/H
The Wolverine General Purpose Simulation System. A language for discrete event simulation.
Ptolemy Project
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Ptolemy is a research project and software environment focused on the design of reactive systems, providing high-level support for signal
processing, communications, and real-time control.
MODSIM III
A language for simulation both object and process oriented. MODSIM was recently sold to Compuware. As of May 2003, I have heard that
CACI is trying to migrate MODSIM users to SIMSCRIPT, but I have no information on Compuware stance on this. On the other hand,
Compuware does not seem interested in supporting MODSIM in the future.
Simscript II.5
Free-form, English-like simulation development and modelling language. SIMSCRIPT II.5 is designed to be used for discrete-event and
combined discrete/continuous simulations. Simscript III, a novel object-oriented and process oriented simulation language has been
announced.
Simple_1
SIMPLE_1 supports modelling discrete and continuous systems world views using a network modelling orientation. Features of the language
include the ability of the user to declare variables and statistics requirements, perform I/O operations on files and to animate simulation
results in real time easily utilizing built in language features. SIMPLE_1 utilizes a repetitive approach to run control to facilitate goal seeking
modelling and run length definition based on model behaviour. SIMPLE_1 is now released under the GNU GPL and it compiles under RedHat
Linux.
JiST
JiST is a high-performance discrete event simulation engine that runs over a standard Java virtual machine. It is a prototype of a new
general-purpose approach to building discrete event simulators, called virtual machine-based simulation, that unifies the traditional systems
and language-based simulator designs. JiST is developed by Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. and it is free for non commercial use.
Pasion
Pasion is an object-oriented simulation language. The language has a process/event structure. Pasion source code is translated in Pascal,
compatible with Delphi v3 or later. It can be used to model Queuing models, Continuous processes and allows the use of the Bond graphs
paradigm.
A downloadable demo is available on the website. Pasion's home page can be slow in downloading because of various ad banners.
WinSAAM
The WinSAAM modelling system is a Windows-based version of the SAAM and Consam modelling systems. It has been developed under the
auspices of the Laboratory of Experimental and
Computational Biology, of the Division of the Cancer Biology and Diagnosis, of the National
Cancer Institute. It is provided freely for use in scientific research.
MathCore
MathCore AB offers two main products: MathCore C++, an add-on to the well known Mathematica environment that compiles a subset of
Mathematica into highly efficient C++ code. MathCode C++ provides a platform for rapid development of simulations and other expensive
computations. MathModelica is an implementation of Modelica in Mathematica. MathModelica permits object oriented design of physical
systems for simulation and visual programming using a graphic editor. MathModelica integrates documentation,
runnable code, graphic connection diagrams and mathematical formulae in Mathematica notebooks.
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Parsec
Parsec is a C-based simulation language, developed by the Parallel Computing Laboratory at UCLA, for sequential and parallel execution of
discrete-event simulation models. It can also be used as a parallel programming language. It is available in binary form only for academic
institutions. Commercial users are directed to its commercial implementation, marketed by Scalable Networks technologies.

XMLlab
XMLlab is an XML-based simulation authoring environment. The proposed description language allows to describe mathematical objects such
as systems of ordinary differential equations, systems of non-linear equations, partial differential equations in two dimensions, or simple
curves and surfaces. It also allows to describe the parameters on which these objects depend. This language is independent of the software
and allows to ensure a relative perennity of authors work, as well as collaborative work and content reuse. The simulation is written in XML,
according to the DTD file, then transformed into a Scilab-executable file
SmallDEVS
SmallDEVS is a new, lightweight implementation of B. Zeigler's DEVS (Discrete event systems specification) formalism. It is an experimental
software intended for research and education. It allows for experimenting with: prototype-based model construction, interactive modelling
and simulation, multi-simulation and reflective simulation.

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SeSAm

SeSAm (Shell for Simulated Agent Systems) provides a generic environment for modelling and experimenting with agent-based simulation.
SeSAm agents consist of a body, that contains a set of state variables and a behaviour that is implemented in form of UML-like diagram.
Based on an extensive number of primitive components, a user is able to design a simulation graphically without knowing the syntax of a
traditional programming language. It is written in Java and it is freely downloadable.

Ps-i

An environment and a simulation language for running agent-based simulations. Models are written using the standard Tcl/Tk scripting
language and a graphical interface can also be used.

SimWalk
SimWalk is an agent-based pedestrian simulation software developed by Savannah Simulation in cooperation with the ETH Zurich, in
Switzerland. With SimWalk you can model and simulate the behaviour of large aggregations of people in places such as shopping centres,
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railway stations, bridges, airports and so on.
Brahms
Brahms is a multi-agent language with a virtual machine on top of the Java VM. The Brahms VM can run in simulation mode or in real-time
mode, which allows us to use Brahms also as a MAS development environment. It can be used freely for research purposes.

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Powersim
From Norway, a simulation tool which a marked "penchant" for Web Simulation. Free demos available.
Vensim
Vensim, a system simulator from Ventana Systems, based on the world dynamics approach. For Windows and Macintosh. Demo download
available. Free for personal use.
Stella + Ithink
From High Performance Systems. Stella demo available.
ModelMaker
Modelmaker (formerly Cherwell Software Publisher, now from ModelKineti.comx) is a tool for modelling and simulation of compartmental
systems. Demo, time limited, fully functional, is available for Windows systems.
Berkeley Madonna
Already listed in the "Visual Environments" category, it also provides the World Dynamics modelling paradigm.
SIMILE
Simile is a software environment for building and running simulation models in ecology, biology, environmental science and related
disciplines. It features a powerful and expressive diagram-based language for designing models, including both System Dynamics and
object-based concepts. System Dynamics is an intuitive and widely-used notation for describing dynamics in terms of storages and flows,
while objects provide a natural way for describing system composition and relationships. Simile also supports modular model construction,
and modules can be nested to any depth. The resulting models can be run very efficiently as compiled C programs, and delivered to others
as stand-alone models. Simile provides a range of tools for displaying model behaviour - but also allows you to add your own, customised to
your own needs.
WinA&D
ExcelSoftware develops WinA&D that allows a dynamic system to be modelled as a Causal Loop Diagram where nodes represent system
variables and connecting lines represent causal effects. A time simulation of the model yields results presented with live charts, graphs and
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tables. No demo downloads available unfortunately.
mystrategy
mystrategy is a tool that supports the Strategy Dynamics approach by providing the facility to easily draw up resource maps for an
organisation, enter and show historical data and future projections, and the option to go on and develop quantitative simulations of the
organisation from the resource map. The reader is available for download and it allows to create limited-size models.

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Hybrid simulation deals with mixing discrete events and continuous simulations
Shift
Shift is a programming language for describing dynamic networks of hybrid automata, consisting of continuous-time phases separated by
discrete-event transitions. A project developed at Berkeley, by California Path.
CESIMO
The Cesimo Group of the University of the Andes in Venezuela is active in research on hybrid simulation.
AnyLogic

AnyLogic is a virtual prototyping environment for complex systems with discrete, continuous, and hybrid behavior. AnyLogic enables you to
rapidly build a simulation model - a virtual prototype - of the system under development and its environment, including physical objects and
human users. There is no proprietary script or block diagram language the user needs to learn to use AnyLogic. The modelling technology is
entirely based on UML-RT Unified Modelling Language for Real-Time.

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SIMAS II
SIMAS II is devoted to the simulation of industrial mass-production installations in the fields of automated assembly and food
packaging.
gPROMS
gPROMS, targeted to continuous systems modelling and simulation, is designed to be both a fully-fledged simulation environment in its own
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right, and a simulation engine which can be embedded in vendor applications to provide a
comprehensive design and operations tool.
SimBax
SIMBAX is a decision support tool built specifically to fulfill the needs of the process industries in the area of material flow
simulation. SIMBAX allows you to quickly evaluate and
compare a variety of alternative scenarios in order to easily eliminate bottlenecks and find a solution avoiding non-productive occupation of
the equipment and resources.
SES/Workbench
SES/Workbench, by HyPerformix, is a simulation tool for hardware architectures and complex systems in general. It supports the design of
the simulation model from an object-oriented perspective and it provides both a graphical interface to enter the problem definition and a
graphical animation of the simulation to represent the results. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from Unix flavours to Windows
NT.
WITNESS
WITNESS, by Lanner Group, provides a graphical environment to design discrete event simulation models. It allows to automate simulation
experiments, optimize material flow across the facility, and generate animated 3D virtual reality models.
A presentation of the Lanner Simulation Suite is available.
ARENA
The home of ARENA (by Systems Modelling Corp) which has an object-oriented design and the ability to be tailored to any application area.
Is based on SIMAN modelling language.
EASY5
EASY5, developed by Boeing Inc., is a software used to model and simulate dynamic systems containing hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical,
thermal, electrical and digital sub-systems. A complete set of control system modelling, analysis and design features is included.
The European distributor is Applied Dynamics International Ltd .
SIMPLORER
A simulator for industrial design, research projects and teaching purposes. External code can be embedded. Has its own language. Allows for
hierarchical structures.
A free demo can be ordered and received via snailmail.
Promodel
ProModel Optimization Suite is a simulation-based software tool for evaluating, planning or re-designing manufacturing, warehousing and
logistics systems.
AutoMod
AutoMod suite provides simulation software that gives a 3D visual image of a facility as well as statistics of how the facility will perform.
Delmia
The DELMIA Resource Modelling and Simulation solution suite provides the tools to develop, create and implement resources, application
routines and mechanical programming. Resources such as robots, tooling, fixtures, machinery, automation and ergonomics are defined and
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infused into a complete scenario of manufacturing. It allows to define complete simulations of systems such as: Factory Flow simulations,
Robotic workcell setup and OLP, NC Machining, Inspection Ergonomics.
Enterprise Dynamics
Enterprise Dynamics (formerly known as Taylor ED) is an object-oriented software application used to model, simulate, visualize and control
business processes. Most notably, a complete simulation model can be built and simulated in a full VR environment. The software can be
used not only for industrial applications but is also a visual simulation tool where the user can use the 4D-script programming language to
create his own models.
Flexsim
Flexsim is a PC-based simulation software application used to model, simulate, and visualize business process. Flexsim can help you
determine plant capacity, balance manufacturing lines, manage bottlenecks, solve inventory and WIP problems, test new scheduling
practices, optimize production rates, and justify capital expenditures. Every model in Flexsim can be viewed in 3D virtual reality animation.
Besides all of this, Flexsim provides the modeller with the ability to program models and submodels directly in C++, leaning on the powerful
simulation and graphic libraries of Flexsim. Demo available
DynaWiz
DynaWiz is a general purpose multimode dynamics simulation program used in the aerospace, automotive, and robotics industries. It works
with the C, C++ and Fortran control codes and it runs with Matlab/Simulink also. In both cases, you supply the control logic and DynaWiz
takes care of the dynamics for you. It supports forward and inverse dynamics. It accommodates prescribed motion, flexible body dynamics,
and restart capability. Demo version of
Dynawiz is available.
AMESim
AMESim is a software dedicated to modelling and simulation of fluid power systems such as gearboxes, wheel transmissions, etc. It has also
a library to model and simulate cooling systems, heat exchangers, etc. AMESim finds its applications in the area of automotive and aerospace
industries. AMESim runs on multiple platforms such as HP/UX, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun SPARCs, and Windows NT.
ShowFlow
ShowFlow Simulation is designed to model, simulate, animate and analyse processes in logistics, manufacturing and material handling. It
provides powerful visualisation and reporting tools, in particular for simulation animation. The modeller is facilitated by the availability of
many simulation components ready to run.
The price is also very attractive. A trial demo is available for download.
Universal Mechanism 2.0
This software is intended for simulation of kinematics and dynamics of planar and spatial mechanical systems. The following performances
are available as results: coordinates, velocities, accelerations, reaction forces, forces in active elements etc.
Mechanical systems are described by means of representing them as systems of rigid bodies connected by various kinematical pairs and
force elements, so-called multimode systems. Online animation of motion and plots of dynamical performances are available during
simulation.

HCADWin

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HCADwin is a program for drawing, printing and executing logic and control. An included simple language can be used to simulate a process.
HCAD was first developed in 1994 for a huge real time training's simulator (energy plant, 53.000 tags) in order to simulate 100 PLC's and
provide a means of integration between the model (ACSL) and the visualization.
HCADwin runs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. It is particularly suited for training's simulators but also for designing and testing functional
logic diagrams.
FoCs

FoCs (developed by IBM, short for Formal Checkers, pronounced "fox") is a productivity tool for automatic generation of simulation monitors
from formal specifications. It greatly aids chip designers and verification engineers in the complex, costly task of verifying chip designs
before submitting them to manufacturing. FoCs is being used by internal IBM users, as well as by external customers. FoCs users report a
improvement (up to 50%) in "test bench" development time.
ITI-SIM
ITI-SIM is used for modelling and simulation of dynamical behavior of technical components and systems. Moreover the software is
extraordinarily suitable for analysing and valuating of nonlinear vibration phenomenon in the mechanical, automotive and system
engineering. Various physical domains are supported in one model, where every domain is functioned with the methods and symbols
concerning to (e.g. hydraulics/pneumatics is circuit diagram oriented, mechanics with masses and springs, control technology is block
oriented etc.), which simplifying the interdisciplinary task substantially and demanding.
ML Designer
MLDesigner is a simulation modelling platform that integrates both major system-level modelling areas (architecture and function) and most
simulation modelling domains (Discrete Event, Finite State Machine, Data Flow and Continuous Time/Discrete Event) in a single tool.
MLDesigner models are built graphically with hierarchical block diagrams. MLDesigner has a rich collection of debugging tools and is readily
extensible: users can add new primitives, high level blocks, examples, new domains and links to other tools. Recent applications include
processor and computer architectural performance analysis, System-on-a-Chip (SOC) co-design, network (wired and wireless) analysis,
protocol design, cellular system analysis, and business and industrial processes.
ReThink
ReThink, by GenSym, is a simulation tool for Business process Reengineering. ReThink supports the business process lifecycle from as-is
analysis, to design of new processes, and it also supports the 'in-the loop' implementation within an online automation platform. It can run
on a standard Windows-based machine. Not much information is available on the website, which requires the user to register to access extra
documentation. No demo available. My suggestion is to contact the software maker, in case you are interested.
Spar
The SPAR Monte Carlo simulation engine can be used to create fully customizable, scalable models of complex systems, and perform discrete
event simulation. SPAR takes a component reliability-centred approach to modelling the life cycle behavior of complex expensive assets and
their operating environments. SPAR, by Clockwork Solutions, is the core engine on which many custom tools and applications are built.
These software tools include: ATLAST - Aviation Fleet Management; PS-PLUS - Gas Turbine Power Plants; STORM - Process Plant Analysis;
ENRiCO - Electricity Distribution Systems; and SPARopt - Spare Parts Optimization.
emPlant
emPlant is a simulator for various fields, Logistics, Engineering, production. It provides a hierarchical library of simulation modules and it is
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object-oriented.
SimFlex
SimFlex is a diagnostic and decision support technology for supply chains that enables companies to optimize the overall supply chain and
simulate supply chain dynamics, and real-world variations. Unfortunately no demo or product sheet is available on the website.
Schedula
Schedula is a tool for simulating a network of activities that process items (documents, patients, mechanical parts,...) and compete for
resources. It handles N batches (or classes) of homogeneous items, M activities, carried out by workstations, and K types of shared
resources. Compared to other commercial simulation packages, Schedula is a lean or "bare bones" product. It entails no simulation
language, no programming, no visual programming of graphical objects, no animation.
DOSIMIS-3
DOSIMIS-3 is a simulator for material flow, but its flexibility allows to simply develop models for different application areas such as transport
systems and assembly lines. It is programmed in C/C+1 and computational speed is one of DOSIMIS's features. It runs under Windows. A
demo is available from download (the website is in German).
MMS
MMS, the Modular Modelling System, is used for dynamic, continuous simulation of the thermal-hydraulic, electrical, and control logic
processes occurring in process and power plants for over twenty years. There is a Windows-based MMS graphical modeller used to synthesize
a system model schematic from typical plant components that are selected from a library of hundreds of components which have been
pre-programmed and tested. There is also the capability for the user to add his own component models into the graphical environment with
MMS CompGen. These process models are used for engineering design and analysis, control system checkout, and high-fidelity plant
operator control room (real-time) training simulators. MMS is available worldwide from nHance Technologies, Inc.
ProDyn
ProDyn is a dynamic operator training simulator tool. A user-friendly interface allows the user the capability to train, learn and test the
various dynamic operations of a process model. These tools are Web Enabled and OPC compliant and hence allow direct connection with DCS
systems, SCADA/HMI interfaces, reactor algorithms and other third party packages.
DSHPlus
DSHPlus is a software suite for the simulation of fluid power systems. It allows the development of user defined component models and it
also supports user defined libraries and user specific interfaces. It can be integrated with MS Excel and it also allows for 'hardware in the
loop' simulations. Various interfaces are available, e.g. to MATLAB, DIAdem, fuzzyTech, NeuroModel - Co-simulation or model embedding
with external simulators such as Simulink, LMS Virtual.Lab, MSC.ADAMS, SIMPACK, dSPACE. A trial version can be downloaded from the
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ns2
Ns is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research. Ns provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and
multicast protocols over wired and wireless (local and satellite) networks. Ns is developed by ISI, the Information Sciences Institute at the
USC school of engineering. The full source code of ns 2 can be downloaded and it can be compiled of multiple platform, including most
popular Unix flavours and Windows.
GloMoSim
GloMoSim is a scalable simulation environment for wireless and wired network systems. It employs the parallel discrete-event simulation
capability provided by Parsec. GloMoSim currently supports protocols for a purely wireless network. In the future, we anticipate adding
functionality to simulate a wired as well as a hybrid network with both wired and wireless capabilities. GloMoSim source and binary code can
be downloaded only by academic institutions for research purposed. Commercial users must use QualNet, the commercial version of
GloMoSim.
SWANS
SWANS is a scalable wireless network simulator built atop the platorm. SWANS is organized as independent software components that can be
composed to form complete wireless network or sensor network configurations. Its capabilities are similar to ns2 and GloMoSim, but is able
to simulate much larger networks. SWANS leverages the JiST design to achieve high simulation throughput, save memory, and run standard
Java network applications over simulated networks. In addition, SWANS implements a data structure, called hierarchical binning, for efficient
computation of signal propagation.

QualNet

QualNet is a modelling tool for wireless and wired network,. The QualNet suite is composed of QualNet Simulator, which claims to be the
fastest for real-time traffic modelling. QualNet Animator allows to graphically design the network model (using a wide library of components)
and it displays the results of simulation runs. QualNet Designer allows to create Finite State Automata to describe the behaviour of your
network, while with QualNet Analyzer and Designer you can interpret and make sense of simulation results. Windows and Linux versions are
available. A demo can be downloaded on request.
cnet
CNET is a simulator of computer networks. This simulator is not really focused on industrial simulation 'per-se', but to an aspect of it. It is a
discrete-event network simulator enabling experimentation with various data-link layer, network layer, routing and transport layer
networking protocols. It has been specifically developed for, and used in, undergraduate computer networking courses taken by thousands of
students worldwide.

Traffic v2.0
Traffic version 2 is a simulation product designed to solve complex call-centre modelling problems, where traditional Erlang equations fail,
but it can also be applied to any other queuing problem. It has an easy to use graphical interface and it runs under Windows.
NCTUns 2.0
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The NCTUns is a high-fidelity and extensible network simulator and emulator capable of simulating various protocols used in both wired and
wireless IP networks. Its core technology is based on the novel kernel re-entering methodology. NCTUns can be used as an emulator, it
directly uses the Linux TCP/IP protocol stack to generate high-fidelity simulation results, and it has many other interesting qualities. It is
commercialised by SimReal Inc.
Performance Prophet
The Performance Prophet is a tool for modelling and simulation of high performance computing systems based on CSIM (Mesquite Software).
Based on a UML model of an application and a simulator for a target architecture, the tool can predict the execution behavior of the
application model on cluster and grid architectures. Performance Prophet has been developed at the Distributed and Parallel Systems Group
of the University of Innsbruck and it has been supported by the Austrian Science Fund.
GTNetS
The Georgia Tech Network Simulator (GTNetS), developed by Dr George Riley, is a full-featured network simulation environment that allows
researchers in computer networks to study the behavior of moderate to large scale networks, under a variety of conditions. The design
philosophy of GTNetS is to create a simulation environment that is structured much like actual networks are structured. For example, in
GTNetS, there is clear and distinct separation of protocol stack layers. It is available for download from the website.
NetSim
NetSim is developed by Tetcos and it is an educational network simulation software. It contains modules for network programming and real
time packet capture. The protocols covered in simulation are aloha, slotted aloha, Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, W Lan, X.25 Frame
Relay, ATM, TCP (Tahoe, reno and sack flavors) as well as devices like switches, routers APs etc. A demo version can be downloaded from
the website.
Shunra VE
Shunra VEs network simulation is a tool for pre-deployment testing and capacity planning and can be used for a wide variety of applications
and projects. Shunra VE website claims its use by over 1700 customers within the financial services, retail, manufacturing, energy,
technology and telecommunications, healthcare and pharmaceutical, travel, media and hospitality industries as well as government agencies
and militaries. Shunra Virtual Enterprise (Shunra VE) is a powerful network simulation solution that creates an exact model of any production
environment. This includes the network, remote locations, and the number and distribution of local and remote end-users. With Shunra VE,
you can test the functionality, performance, scalability and robustness of any application or network infrastructure under current and future
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Optical fiber systems and networks
1. VPI photonics 2. Optiwave
Virtual photonics, Optiwave and fullwave are industry's cutting edge simulation development tools for optical fibre communication technology
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and networks. It has been evolving for nearly a decade. You can download a student version, pre-designed models self-executable
programmes free of charge. The clever bit of these self exe files is that they are as good as their original model which may require license
($2000) but can be used to learn about simulation, understanding or evaluation of models. Almost every university in developed countries
use one of these packages for their academic research. Those who wish to take optical communication networks MUST learn about these
packages. Download, RUN and make models. If you need any help of assistance in modelling and simulation, please contact
myjamro@msn.com or register with their customer support (free of charge) and search their valuable digital forms
http://forums.vpisystems.com,

Try downloading http://www.vpiphotonics.com/VPIplayer.php or
http://www.optiwave.com/2007/products/optisystem/performer.htm
and run the examples given in the text books to understand numerical modelling.

Fullwave
FullWAVE is a highly sophisticated general design tool ideal for studying the propagation of light in a wide variety of photonic structures
including integrated and fiberoptic waveguide devices and circuits and nanophotonic devices such as micro-cavity resonators and photonic
crystals. The software employs the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for the fully-vectorial simulation of photonic structures.
FullWAVE's award winning innovative design and features has made it the market leader amongst optical simulation tools. FullWAVE has
applications to a wide range of integrated, fiber-optic, and nanophotonic devices including, but not restricted to: Photonic bandgap
applications, Ring resonators , Grating structures, surface normal gratings and other diffractive structures , Sensor devices, Nano- and
micro-lithography, Metrology , High-index contrast waveguide devices. For more details visit http://www.rsoftdesign.com/products
/component_design/FullWAVE/

OPNET
OPNET's suite of products combine predictive modelling and a comprehensive understanding of networking technologies to enable customers
to design, deploy, and manage network infrastructure, network equipment, and networked applications. In particular OPNET Modeler is a
development environment, allowing you to design and study communication networks, devices, protocols, and applications. OPNET
Technologies,Inc. Intelligent Planning for Optical Networks

OPNET WDM Guru
SP Guru Transport Planner is an advanced network planning solution that enables service providers and network equipment manufacturers to
design resilient, cost-effective optical and SONET networks. Its unique multi-layered network presentation, broad technology support, and
cutting edge optimization and design capabilities make SP Guru Transport Planner an invaluable resource for network architects and
planners.

OMNeT++
OMNeT++ is a component-based, modular and open-architecture simulation environment with strong GUI support and an embeddable
simulation kernel. The simulator can be used for modelling: communication protocols, computer networks and traffic modelling, multi-
processors and distributed systems, etc. OMNeT++ also supports animation and interactive execution. It is freely distributed under an
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In the near future it will be more and more difficult to draw a line between web simulation and traditional simulation. In my opinion, web
simulation must allow the simulation and interaction of distributed entities. Not all of the tools listed below are ready for this, but they
somehow aim in that direction.
Silk
Silk is a Java-based modelling tool for the simulation, study and improvement of industrial systems. Silk is a modelling tool which merges the
process-description modelling methodology within an object-oriented language. An educational version is available on request.
SLX
SLX builds on the strengths of Wolverine's GPSS/H. SLX is structured as a multiplicity of layers, ranging from its C-like SLX kernel, at the
bottom, through traditional simulation languages, e.g., GPSS/H, in the middle, to application-specific language dialects and extensions at the
top. SLX contains powerful extensibility mechanisms for building new layers atop old ones. SLX has been coupled with other software,
including DoD's High Level Architecture (HLA).
STARDIS
STARDIS is a simulation tool developed by EDS (http://eds.com) that has been used by EDS for over ten years for predicting the behaviour
of future
military command and control systems and future communications systems. It has also been used for some civil projects.
STARDIS uses an object-oriented, event based approach to model real world entities and their communications. All the relevant discrete
activities involved in the real world system are encapsulated in STARDIS entities using a mixture of rules written in structured English, and, if
required, more complex routines written in a high level computer language.
JSIM
JSIM is a Java-based simulation and animation environment supporting Web-Based Simulation. In JSIM, simulation models may be built
using either the event package (Event-Scheduling Paradigm) or the process package (Process-Interaction Paradigm). In addition, a graphical
designer (jmodel package) allows process models to be rapidly built graphically. The qds package (Query Driven Simulation) under
development controls the storage, retrieval and execution of simulation models as Java Beans and utilizes JDBC to access databases. It also
stores model inputs and outputs. Finally, JSIM has three foundation packages: queue, statistic and variate.
RT-LAB
RT-LAB is a simulation software used by major companies such as Ford, GM, NASA, Toyota, Canadian Space Agency... and it allow simulating
Simulink and MATRIXx models in real-time with a network of PCs interconnected with Internet or Firewire or Giganet. It runs under Windows.
Demo available.
GridSim
The primary objective of the GridSim project is to investigate effective resource allocation techniques based on computational economy
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through simulation. Millions of resources and thousands of users with varied requirements must be simulated. The scalability of systems,
algorithms, efficiency of resource allocation policies and satisfaction of users is studied. GridSim is a research project based on SimJava .
Forio

Forio brings web-simulation a step forward since it lets the user enter his/her own model, using a scripting language and then it provides
web-based tools to design the user interface. The simulation engine resides on the Forio web server. The main focus is on business
simulations and they are geared towards operational issues (e.g. development of market strategy).

Cosimate

Cosimate provides the framework to link heterogeneous simulators representing different abstraction levels, physical and mathematical
systems. Models representing different abstraction levels can be mixed and matched providing a high degree of flexibility. CosiMate also
supports the study of system behaviour in a multi tasking mode by partitioning the model and distributing the simulation of the various parts
across several different machines. Cosimate supports many commercial simulation environments and it is available for Windows, Sun Solaris,
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This new category aims to list software tools for modelling and simulation of environmental systems such as water catchments, reservoirs, ecosystems, etc. Most probably it will evolve in
a dedicated home page in the near future.

ICMS

The Integrated Catchment Management System (ICMS) is a PC-based software product, developed to facilitate the rapid development and delivery of catchment
science to catchment managers. It implements a 'layered' approach to development, and delivery, through the use of four components. These are ICMSBuilder the central engine; Models
embedded in the ICMS MDL (model libraries) proprietary, free-ware and newly developed models; ICMS Projects suites of linked models, and their data; ICMS Views DLLs which provide
tailored views of Projects
Tarsier

The Tarsier modelling framework is a modular collection of Windows software that enables fast development and deployment of a wide
variety of environmental computing tools. These tools include simulation models, data storage and analysis tools, and visualization systems.
The system supports many structures for the organization of quantitative environmental information, including: girded maps, networks, time
series, and simple lists of geographic locations. Upon these are built analytical tools covering topics such as interpolation, statistics,
sampling, and data transformation. At the top level are modules that implement a variety of simulation models, from cellular automata to
stream pollutant routing models to large-scale spatial catchment hydrology models.
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SEMoLa
SEMoLa (Simple, Easy to use, Modelling Language) is a non procedural meta-language to build simulation models for continuous/event
driven, deterministic/stochastic systems, developed at the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Udine (Italy).
While it is very generic, it has been successfully used to model biological, ecological and agricultural systems, at different scale and
complexity level. The SEMoLa language is integrated in a simulation environment that simplifies the tasks of model building, simulation and
documentation; moreover it provides calibration, validation, data management, neural network building, unit verification features and others.
JDEVS
JDEVS is the outcome of the current PhD work of Jean Baptiste Filippi and it is still under development. JDEVS implements Zeigler's DEVS
paradigm and it is particularly suited for modelling and simulation of natural complex systems.

Ecolego
Ecolego, developed by Facilia, is a tool for modelling dynamic systems and to perform risk assessments using model simulations. It requires
the Simulink toolbox of the Matlab platform. The graphical user interface helps the user to define and manage building blocks, parameters,
species and simulation settings. Ecolego also helps to create reports, to plot simulation results, to perform probabilistic simulations and
sensitivity analysis. Even though Ecolego can be used to simulate any species and dynamic system, it has been specially designed to fulfil
specific needs in the field of radio ecological risk assessment. It is platform independent and it runs under Mac OSX, Linux and Windows.

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Instead of quantities, numbers, we simulate the evolution of a dynamic system by its qualities, expressed as nouns, adjectives.
QSim
QSim is a tool for Modelling and Simulation with Incomplete Knowledge. It is implemented as simulator of systems of qualitative differential
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Your should know this package if you do not know any of the aforementioned ones!
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Solve business and research problems using SPSS for Windows, a statistical and data management package for analysts and researchers.
SPSS for Windows provides you with a broad range of capabilities for the entire analytical process. With SPSS, you can generate decision-
making information quickly using powerful statistics, understand and effectively present your results with high-quality tabular and graphical
output, and then share your results with others using a wide variety of reporting methods, including secure Web publishing. Download
directly from SPSS: Results from your data analysis enable you to make smarter decisions more quickly by uncovering key facts, patterns,
and trends. An optional server version delivers enterprise-strength scalability, additional tools, security, and enhanced performance. You can
use SPSS for Windows in a variety of areas, including: Survey and market research and direct marketing, Academia Administrative
research, human resources, and resource planning Medical, scientific, and social science research Planning and forecasting Quality
improvement Reporting and ad hoc decision making Enterprise-level analytic application development. Some of the useful links are given
as under:

Hundreds of Free Sample SPSS Syntax for Download Archive of 400+ sample SPSS syntax, macro and scripts classified by purpose.
SPSS Instruction and Examples. SPSS Videos/data Directory, SPSS Instruction and Examples

SPSS Textbook Examples, Statistical Examples, Data Analysis Examples Using SPSS, SPSS Lessons, SPSS Complex
Samples 15.0 Manual

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