REPLY Open Source Simulation Software (SD6818)

[SDMAIL Mauricio Múnera]

Posted by  "Mauricio Múnera" <mauricio.munera at gmail.com>

Hi.

I am Mauricio Munera and I am just a first year master student in SD 
Dynamics at Bergen University in Norway.

My Background is in computer science and I got into this mail list 
because my professor Earling Moxnes sent to me a thread of discussions 
concerning to open source modeling tools and open modeling standard for 
SD models.

I found this discussion as a miracle because many of the ideas that were 
going into my mind were exposed  for some people here what means that 
I'm not feeling alone in this matter anymore.

I planing to start my master thesis focusing in the creation of a Basic 
OpenSource Modeling tool based on Object Oriented Programming and as 
part of my thesis a Modeling Standard language must be created. One of 
the main reasons is to step forward in this direction is because the 
System Dynamics community may keep going with her evolution in 
comparison with what have happened with Computer Science. Some of you 
probably remember that time in which in a company people for one 
department were non communicated with another department because some of 
them were using IBM technology and they were using Microsoft technology 
only because the standards this kind of situation have been solved 
(probably not 100% but in a high proportion :P).

This is a complex task, and probably too much for a master thesis an 
probably I'll get a low score because I will get crazy by the dead line 
to handout it, but if I can start giving the first steps with those who 
has the same ideas I'll be so proud of being able to contribute with 
something.

It would be great if people with some background in programing and 
software modeling that are interest in the conception of the standard 
join forces in this matter.

Greetings.

Mauro.
Posted by  "Mauricio Múnera" <mauricio.munera at gmail.com>
posting date  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:35:20 +0100