#lang scribble/doc
@(require
  scribble/manual
  scribble/struct
  (for-label racket/base
             (planet williams/simulation/simulation-with-graphics)))

@title[#:style '(toc) #:tag "simulation"]{@bold{Simulation Collection:} Reference Manual}

Simulation Collection
@(make-element 'newline '())
Reference Manual
@(make-element 'newline '())
Edition 4.0

November 2011

@(author+email @tt{M. Douglas Williams} "doug@cognidrome.org")

The Simulation Collection implements a hybrid discrete and continuous event simulation engine for developing simulation models in @link["http://racket-lang.org"]{Racket} (formerly known as PLT Scheme). The Simulation Collection:

@itemize{
  @item{Provides a process-based, discrete event simulation engine.}
  @item{Provides a robust interprocess communications mechanism.} 
  @item{Supports combined discrete and continuous simulation models.}
  @item{Provides automatic data collection and associated graphics.}
  @item{Is designed to facilitate construction of component-based simulation models.}
  @item{Is written in, and provides access to, the Racket programming language.}
  }

The source code is distributed with the Simulation Collection and is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3.0 @cite["LGPL"].

All of the functionality defined in this manual is exported by the Simulation Collection and accessed using one of the following forms, depending on whether or not the graphics routines are needed:

@defmodule*[((planet williams/simulation/simulation-with-graphics)
             (planet williams/simulation/simulation))]

© 2003-2011, M. Douglas Williams

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

@local-table-of-contents[]

@include-section["introduction.scrbl"]
@include-section["using.scrbl"]
@include-section["env-basic.scrbl"]
@include-section["control-basic.scrbl"]
@include-section["events.scrbl"]
@include-section["processes.scrbl"]
@include-section["resources.scrbl"]
@include-section["data-collection.scrbl"]
@include-section["monitors.scrbl"]
@include-section["sets.scrbl"]
@include-section["continuous-simulation.scrbl"]
@include-section["simulation-classes.scrbl"]
@include-section["control-advanced.scrbl"]
@include-section["env-hier.scrbl"]
@include-section["components.scrbl"]
@include-section["simpy.scrbl"]
@include-section["gfdl.scrbl"]

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@index-section[]