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How would I combine 'Command' and 'Composite' to simulate a time delay?
As a learning exercise (I am not in school - just an old guy trying to learn something new), I am trying to write a logic gate simulation that incorporates propagation delay. The user should also be ...
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Evaluating mean and std as simulations are added
I have simulations that evaluate a certain value X. I run the simulations several times and save the value of X in a vector V. When all the runs have finished I evaluate the mean and standard ...
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Is there any better approach to shortest path finding within a (vehicular) traffic network?
Dear fellow programmers,
We're developing software which simulates vehicular traffic.
Part of the process called "assignment" is concerned with assigning vehicles to their routes and has to use some ...
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How to implement a simulation pattern for a repository?
Let's say I have a repository of functions. These functions work with business objects within a database, CMS or other third party API. For example, my repository interacts with virtual files and ...
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Efficient ways to model cars moving along a road
This has never come up, so I've never thought how a data or programming model should work that simulates (a) bird's eye view of cars moving and some rudimentary physics, (b) how the cars would follow ...
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Simulate limited hardware for testing
How can I simulate limited hardware for testing? I've been working with Virtual PC in the past and heard about VMWare solutions, but I am not sure which is the best and which allows me to simulate ...
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Best approach to selecting programming languages and 3D graphics API for simulating physics experiments
I am starting a research project and need to nail down a programming language and 3D graphics API where I will be creating an environment in the field of molecular cell biology where I will be ...
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Is there a canonical book on simulation programming?
I've taken an interest in writing life-based simulations in C. I've been trying to find resources online and books, but haven't found anything.
Is there a book out there that's the de-facto standard ...
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Simulating double-click, how long should I wait between clicks?
I'm simulating a double click programmatically and I want to have a slight pause between both clicks in order to better simulate a real user.
I know the interval should be less than ...
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elevator algorithm and implementation
I wanted to know how (real) elevators work. But, so far, I could not find much material about the algorithms they use, nor software (if any) for simulation. Could anybody give me references for that?
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software/libraries for traffic road simulation
I am interested about road traffic simulation. In particular, I'd like to play with math and graph theory, and try to build algorithms for traffic management. I don't know much about the software used ...
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Unusual languages for numerical analysis
This question is inspired by these questions (here and here).
I do mostly numerical work, and I usually use C++, Fortran, and occasionally Numpy. I'm trying to broaden my horizons, and I'm looking ...
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Parameterize Agent Based Simulation (OOP-Question)
I'd like to hear my fellow programmer's thoughts on the issue of parametrizing agent based simulations:
Consider:
Simulation core, including geometry, collision tests, some rules
Different agents ...
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Simulating simultaneous entities
Consider the need to simulate a set of entitities in an accurate way. All entities exist in an artificial timeline. Within 'steps' of this timeline, all entities can do certain operations. It is ...
