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Subject: Re: Re: RE : running cormas on a remote computer
From: Paul Caplat (paul.caplat@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2006 - 06:17:45 CEST
Haha...you're right Pascal, it would not come to mind to criticise
Cormas in itself, and even less to think of a 1:1 model (as would say
other modellers, that becomes religion, ie creating a second world
:-D).
I was just pointing out some limitations that have appeared within my
own practice. I need to work at a certain scale without losing the
details. Not a BIG scale, I let it to other models, but for biological
reasons I would like to extend the typical "cormas midscale" a little
bit. Not so much. And if I find a hint about how it would be possible
to do it (that is, running without a graphic interface on a unix
shared memory computer), why not digg in that direction for a while ?
That does not change, I believe, the core of Cormas. Maybe I am wrong.
And if I am, disposing of a way to improve running time would not be a
loss for everyone, even those working at small scale.
Now, I am actually amazed how a good computer (eg, a mac :-D) has been
able to extend the Cormas running time capacities (or more precisely,
what I believed to be those capacities).
cheers
Paul
2006/9/19, Pascal Perez <pascal.perez@anu.edu.au>:
> Paul,
>
> I think we are reaching the limits of CORMAS at this stage.
> But there is nothing wrong about it, CORMAS's designers have clearly set up
> the goals and limitations of the product.
> CORMAS is good (even F...g good, compared with other platforms!) at
> creating stand-alone, small to mid-scale simulations in a minimum amount of
> time and with a decent level of interactivity.
> If you want to create a 1:1 World model, you just have to follow the steps
> of people working on this type of applications:
> REPAST has been successfully ported onto a grid-computing structure
> Same with ANYLOGIC.
> ...or you can develop your own environment (better being working at Los
> Alamos Lab) !
>
> cheers
>
> pascal
>
>
> Pascal Perez
> Associate Professor (Adjunct)
> CIRAD Representative in Australia
> RMAP/RSPAS, Coombs building
> Australian National University
> Canberra ACT 0200
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>
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