From: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu (Paul Fishwick)
Subject: TECH: SimPack Version 2 now available
Date: 26 Apr 92 03:42:58 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.



Simpack Version 2.0 is now available for anonymous ftp from
bikini.cis.ufl.edu (cd to pub/simdigest/tools, specify 'binary'
and get simpack-2.0.tar.Z). Read the file VERSION2 to see
the enhancements over version 1.0.


                       S I M P A C K
           C-based Simulation "Seed" Tool Package
        Copyright 1990,1991,1992,  Paul A. Fishwick

                      VERSION 2.0 Beta
                      (April 25, 1992)

  SimPack is a collection of C tools (routines and programs) for 
computer simulation. The purpose of SimPack is to provide people
with a "starting point" for simulating a system. The intention
is that people will view what exists as a template (or "seed")
and then "grow a simulation program." SimPack tools have been
used for two years of teaching computer simulation at the under-
graduate (senior) and graduate levels. Also, many people have taken 
the basic tools and created more complex research applications with 
lots of options specific to a particular area.

...SimPack is copyright, and re-distribution is granted so long...
...as SimPack is not sold for a profit. Users of SimPack use the..
...tools at their own risk.                                    ...

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INSTALL: To install, just type 'make' after unpacking all 
directories and sub-directories.

DOCUMENTATION: The documentation is located within README files
within each sub-directory.

CONTENTS: 

1. combined: Combined modeling
   1.1 combined: discrete event and continuous
       "Simulation of a cashier with a moving belt for groceries"
   1.2 combined2: difference and differential equations
       "Delay differential equation x' = a*x(t-1)"
2. dec: Declarative modeling
   2.1 fsa: finite state automata with timed states
   2.2 markov: Markov model with timed states
   2.3 pulse: Pulse process
3. equation: Equational modeling
   3.1 difference : Difference equation modeling
       3.1.1 log1: Logistic equation (first order)
       3.1.2 log2: Logistic equation (second order)
       3.1.3 diff1: Circular queue simulation method on log1 
       3.1.4 bifurc: Bifurcation analysis on log1
   3.2 differential: Differential equation modeling
       3.2.1 deq: Equation parser and solver
       3.2.2 integrate: Sample Euler and RK4 integrations
4. func: Functional modeling
   4.1 XSimCode: X window interactive queuing network simulator
   4.2 clock: discrete event model of a clock
   4.3 cpudisk: 1CPU/4Disk discrete event simulation
   4.4 gas: two methods of simulating gas/molecule dynamics
   4.5 logic: digital logic simulator with nominal gate delays
   4.6 network: communications network simulator
   4.7 petri: timed petri net simulator
   4.8 qnet: general queuing network simulator
   4.9 slice: block simulator (ala CSMP)
   4.10 ssq: single server queue simulation with graphical tracing
5. minigpss: Mini GPSS compiler (small subset of GPSS)
6. queuing: Queuing library (contains all routines for queuing)


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| Paul A. Fishwick                                                        |
| Computer Simulation and Animation Group                                 |
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