EcoLab 5.D11

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EcoLab is a C++ based Agent Based Modelling system, with emphasis on high performance computing for scaling to large simulations.

EcoLab studies the dynamics of evolution.

Here are some key features of "EcoLab":

· The model is implemented as a C++ object. Support for more advanced data structures and algorithms are available through C++'s standard library.
· A scripting language TCL can access the model's methods and instance variables, allowing experiments to be set up dynamically at runtime
· The model can be run in GUI mode through the use of Tk and BLT widgets. Various graphs and histogramming tools are available for use.
· The same model can be run in batch mode by using a different script
· The model can be probed dynamically with the object browser
· The model can be saved to a checkpoint file, or transferred periodically over a socket connection to another copy of Ecolab acting as a visualisation client.
· Various types of random number generators are available through the UNURAN library or through the GNUSL.
· A form of SPMD parallel programming is provided through ClassdescMP.
· EcoLab models may also use Graphcode library to implement a distributed network of agents over an MPI-based cluster computer.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Incorporates the new classdesc with additional reflection capability, and the change of descriptor signature to have descriptor object references rather than pointers.
· The necessitated an increment of the major version number indicating a change of API.

Via: EcoLab 5.D11