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SimGrid is a toolkit that provides core functionalities for the simulation
of distributed applications in heterogeneous distributed environments.
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Grids.
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- - The official webpage is <a href="http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/">simgrid.gforge.inria.fr</a>.
- - The Frequently Asked Questions are <a href="faq.html">here</a>.
- - The development webpage is <a href="https://gforge.inria.fr/projects/simgrid//">gforge.inria.fr/projects/simgrid</a>.
+ - The official webpage is <a href="http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/">simgrid.gforge.inria.fr</a>.
+ - The Frequently Asked Questions are <a href="http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/faq.html">here</a>.
+ - The development webpage is <a href="https://gforge.inria.fr/projects/simgrid//">gforge.inria.fr/projects/simgrid</a>.
- The user mailing list is <simgrid-user@lists.gforge.inria.fr>
- - The SimGrid software package can be downloaded from <a href="https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/?group_id=12">here</a>.
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+ - The SimGrid software package can be downloaded from <a href="http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/download.php">here</a>.
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<br><b>Relationships between the SimGrid components (click to jump to API)</b>
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\subsection overview_envs Programmation environments layer
-SimGrid provides several programmation environments built on top of a uniq
+SimGrid provides several programmation environments built on top of a unique
simulation kernel. Each environment targets a specific audiance and
constitutes a different paradigm. To choose which of them you want to use,
you have to think about what you want to do and what would be the result of
- If you want to study the behaviour of a MPI application using emulation
technics, you should have a look at the <b>\ref SMPI_API</b> (Simulated
MPI) programming environment. Unfortunately, this work is still underway.
- Check the \ref SMPI_API section for more information.
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+ Check the \ref SMPI_API section for more information.
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- If you want to develop a real distributed application, then you may find
<b>\ref GRAS_API</b> (Grid Reality And Simulation) useful. This is an API
- for the realization of distributed applications.
+ for the realization of distributed applications.
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Moreover, there is two implementations of this API: one on top of the
SURF (allowing to develop and test your application within the comfort of
See the \ref GRAS_API section for more details.
If your favorite programming environment/model is not there (BSP,
-components, DAG, etc.) is not represented in the SimGrid toolkit yet, you may
-consider adding it. You should contact us first on the
-<a href=http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/simgrid-devel>SimGrid
+components, OpenMP, etc.) is not represented in the SimGrid toolkit yet, you may
+consider adding it. You should contact us first on the
+<a href=http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/simgrid-devel>SimGrid
developers mailing list</a>, though.
\subsection overview_kernel Simulation kernel layer
The core functionnalities to simulate a virtual platform are provided by a
-module called <b>\ref SURF_API</b> ("that's historical, my friend"). It is
+module called <b>\ref SURF_API</b>. It is
very low-level and is not intended to be used as such by end-users. Instead,
it serve as a basis for the higher level layer.
See the \ref XBT_API section for more details.
-Any question, remark or suggestion are welcome on the
-<a href=http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/simgrid-user>SimGrid users
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+\subsection lucas_layer Tracing simulation
+Finally, a transversal module allows you to trace your simulation. More documentation in the section \ref TRACE_doc
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-\section people People
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-SimGrid is a joint project between University of Hawai at Manoa, ID
-Laboratory (Grenoble, France) and University of Nancy (France). The
-authors of SimGrid are:
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+The SimGrid software package can be downloaded from
+<a href="http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/download.php">here</a>.<br>
- - Henri Casanova <casanova#cs.ucsd.edu> (Information and Computer Sciences Department, University of Hawai`i at Manoa)
- - Arnaud Legrand <arnaud.legrand#imag.fr> ("Informatique et Distribution" Laboratory (Grenoble, France), MESCal project)
- - Martin Quinson <martin.quinson#loria.fr> (University of Nancy I (Nancy, France), LORIA Laboratory, Algorille project)
+If you are interested in the history of SimGrid and in current and planned development,
+you can find out more <a href="http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/history.html">here</a>.
-\subsection contributers Contributers and alumni project members
+Any question, remark or suggestion are welcome on the
+<a href="http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/simgrid-user">SimGrid users
+mailing list</a>.
- - Loris Marchal: wrote the algorithm for simulation TCP bandwidth-sharing.
- - Julien Lerouge : wrote a XML parser for ENV descriptions and helped for
- the general design during a 4 month period (march-june 2002)
- in the LIP.
- - Clément Menier and Marc Perache : wrote a first prototype of the MSG
- interface during a project at ENS-Lyon (jan 2002).
- - Dmitrii Zagorodnov : wrote some parts of the first version of SimGrid
- (1999).
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