[ANN] ecolosim 0.2

From: Jean-Marc Vanel (jmvanel_at_free.fr)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:38:52 +0200

Hi

I have the pleasure to announce release 0.2 of EcoloSim, a Simulation Framework
for simple spatial models in biology and ecology, in Java. Typical problems are
movement of a herd of cattle, growth of microbe cells and other populations.

EcoloSim is a Simulation Framework, which means it is generic, based on clean
interfaces and can integrate easily models and result processing.

It aims at factorizing the basic ingredients of any simulation program:

     * GUI data input (powerful recursive JavaBean editor)
     * saving and retrieving data as XML
     * binding to standard open source chart tools
     * real-time visualizations

Download the source with the executable jar here :
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=99483

There a manual in French :-( here, but you can do without :
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/ecolosim/src/LISEZMOI.txt?view=markup

Here is the change log :

Version 0.2 - 2004-03-31

- added an aplication solving differential equation with charts by JFreeChart :
    ecolosim/simu/apps/DifferentialEquationApp
- added a model of cell growth and division (Cellule_fadia)
- added several new buttons in main application to choose:
    - step by step or not
    - draw a trace of the past movement or not
- in the generic editor for JavaBeans, editing array of simple type works now
- encapsuled parameters of several models, so that they appear in the generic editor
- updated user manual in french (LISEZMOI.txt)

Version 0.1 - February 3, 2004

Inital version featuring 9 models and the generic editor for JavaBeans
(BeanPeelerPane,
from a code base by J.D. Taylor).
Main application is :
ecolosim/simu/apps/ecolosim/simu/apps/DifferentialEquationApp

Enjoy ...