Questions tagged [simulation]

Simulation refers to software packages which model the outcomes of systems (discrete or continuous) with defined inputs, often useful when the intermediate states are non-deterministic or so complicated that exact detemination would be computationally expensive.

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Train simulation game to compete against the driver of the train I am riding right now

Train driving simulators like Odawara Line Simulator or Densha de Go! are popular in Japan. Controls: Acceleration Brake Goal: Stop within centimeters of the target place. Arrive exactly on time. ...
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Java calendar library with support for recurring events / exceptions, etc

I am looking for a calendar module/library that I could use in my simulation. My idea is to fill such calendar with events, single shot and recurring. This calendar should be able to give me next ...
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Stock market simulator with time compression

I'm looking for a stock market simulator which is not real time. I want to be able to, for instance, go back to April 2005 and paper trade on the market as it looked back then (assuming the data is ...
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Free vehicular traffic simulator

I'm looking for a free vehicular traffic simulator. Basically, I need something that has a basic infrastructure for modeling the flow of traffic (preferably both highway and city traffic), while also ...
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Is there a physics / modeling software that will let you build and test... a flying machine?

Yes I know this question may be ridicously naive, but I'll just give it a shot. I was wondering if there is any software out there that could help you develop and test a flying machine, in a similar ...
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Software and/or developer library that can simulate multiple mouse devices?

I am looking for an library and/or software recommendation for simulation of more then one virtual mouse device. Ideally, the software will be able to create at least 4 or more mouse devices and send ...
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Can RNA assisted protein folding be performed computationally?

I am looking for tools/ softwares to perform protein folding in presence of its RNA partner. Part of my protein is disordered and I suspect that it will take up structure while interacting with its ...
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Software for performing what-if scenario on cash flow

Is there any recommended software to simulate a what-if scenario for personal cash flow? I tried to use Excel for simple scenarios but my scenarios quickly become unmanageable. Below is an example of ...
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Software to simulate mechanics of production line

Is there any software where I can simulate production line elements (joints, motors, springs, actuators, movement)? For example I want to simulate mechanism to unwind paper from big roll to weld it ...
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I need a crash course in what's out there for mathematical modeling, simulations and visualizations

I got a bachelor's degree in math a few years ago, but the curriculum was almost entirely on paper so we weren't exposed to any software, languages, or other digital tools for working with numbers. I ...
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FPGA free tools for synthesis and simulation working on Windows 10

As a hobby, I return to programming FPGA systems. I am looking for a free tool for the synthesis and simulation of reprogrammable circuits that work for the Windows 10 operating system. At this point, ...
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Is there such a thing as a "get bullied by evil cheerleaders" simulator?

Call me weird, but it strikes me that it would be technically possible for there to now exist a reasonably photo-realistic "bullied by evil cheerleaders" first-person 3D simulator. Perhaps ...
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Linux software for simulating reinforced concrete slabs and walls

I'd like to be able to simulate some concrete slabs and walls and to calculate their resistance to different loads in different points based on the thickness, reinforcement and hardness. Ideally the ...
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Software to model human body falling

I need to identify software in which I can model the trajectory of a human being falling within a complex structure - e.g. as if someone is falling from a tree and hits a series of branches on the way ...
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Software to fully simulate machine language instructions (8051)

I'm looking for software that can simulate results of binary code from an 8051 processor and that allows me to step through my program. I thought the following software was perfect: But that's until ...
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Actually realistic driving simulator

I just started driving, and I wanted to use a driving simulator to get some practice with turning at the right time, how much I should turn the steering wheel, knowing which way to turn the steering ...
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Botnet simulator free for students or trial available

I am looking for a tool to simulate the behaviour of a large botnet for research purposes. That is, I am searching a tool that can simulate hosts (bots, criminals that send commands to bots, victims ...
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Physics simulation environment for machine learning

I want to load a 3D humanoid model in a physics environment and want to make the humanoid learn how to walk (using reinforcement learning). I want to be able to design the world with obstacles and ...
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Simulation of a LAN Network on the internet

I'm developing a distributed system with a shared hashtable as a project for school. It's written using java Sockets. Since the simulation is required to run at least on two different PCs, is there ...
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Visualization software for dynamics simulations

I am running a rigid body dynamics simulation for two objects - you can think of them as cars, planes, or any other 3D object. The output of the simulation is a state vector associated with each ...
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Universe Simulation for Creating Inventions

Hi I am looking for software that can help me develop constructions that will work in real life. A lot of the time in real life I can't buy all the tools/materials necessary to do so or have the space ...
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Food Simulators

I'm looking for existing projects simulating food dynamics and the related simulators/physics-engines used. In particular I'm interested in simulating the act of scooping granular media from a metal ...
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Star System planetary body orbital software

I am looking for software to input planetary bodies and use it to determine distances between each body at certain times. Software doesn't need to be 3D but needs to be graphic. I know there are ...
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Chemical simulation software for a person who is not in the chemistry field but has a basic knowledge about chemistry

In my research I need to see, if I mix chemical A with chemical B, then what is the outcome? if it's another chemical, then I need to see the resultant chemical's 1. Density 2. Melting point 3....
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Open-source library to generate Ladder Logic diagrams

And now I have to generate a diagram image using that information. Is there any open-source library to generate a diagram from Ladder logic? Requirements: Input: The logic, I can express it in any ...
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Simulate a basic computer

I need a program to develop a GUI Windows application that simulates a basic computer. The interface needs to have the following fields: The starting address of the shown memory (Input/output) Memory ...
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Software for electrodynamics and electrostatics simulation?

In the past I have been working with Matlab to do simulations of electro-statics and electro-dynamics. More specifically solving the Maxwell equations for given structures and setups. I am now looking ...
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procedural generation of road with moving car

Target Platform: Windows 7 64 Bit (SP1 - with latest updates installed) I am a Direct2D/C++ programmer and I want to experiment the procedural 3D animation of a street based on a text file. In the ...
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Looking for recommendations for an engineering simulation software system

We just won an award to create a (very) large and complicated simulation for a robotic swarm operating in its environment. We need to simulate the environment, the external inputs, the robots' sensors ...
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Software for a real-world simulation of a radio link

Is there any open source software/library (in any language) that can perform real-world simulations of a radio link? For "radio link" I mean the connection between two 5.8 GHz wifi modems, ...
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Simulating video games without rendering for training models (such as NEAT)

A bit of a duplicate of my question on AI.SE (I've been told this is the place to ask): YouTube was recently suggesting to me videos of people training NEAT neural networks for video games. I've ...
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Simulating a robot in construction field

I'm thinking about a research topic that involves robots used in civil engineering specifically dealing with steel structures of buildings. For example, lifting and placing steel structures. If I ...
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Where is the "MAME" or "Visual Pinball" but for slot machines?

MAME is a free arcade video game emulator. It lets you play classic arcade games without having the actual arcade machine. The classic/primitive ones are quite well emulated by now. Visual Pinball is ...
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Is there something like Stellarium but with proper moving around?

Stellarium is a realistic night sky simulator. Basically, a fixed imagined camera is placed on the surface of Earth at a given GPS coordinate and date/time, and then you get to see the Sun, Moon and ...
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Emulator that shows underlying APDU communication between Mobile-phone terminal and UICC

Is anyone aware of an emulator that shows the underlying APDU communication between the Mobile phone terminal and the UICC? I'm not talking about SIM tracers or about the standard Android emulators, ...
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Looking for software that can calculate the amount of light incident on a surface

I have a CAD mock-up of 16 screws attached to a planetary gear system that rotate and revolve around the central axis. Now suppose there is light source far away and is oriented such that direction of ...
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Is cloudSim flexible enough for my project?

I'm working in a new scheduler for a cloud infrastructure. I need to simulate an architecture where jobs are stored in a database and workers nodes do queries in that database to recuperate the jobs ...
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Is there such a thing as a software, paid or not, which allows me to easily photo-realistically recreate a limited real-life Western location?

Ever since I was a child in the 1990s, I have dreamt of digitally recreating my unique childhood block and its nearby residential areas as some kind of computer "game" (simulation), for the purpose of ...
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3d modelling/rendering software that can simultate physics of interaction 2 or more liquids/fluids

I use Blender to simulate and render fluids/liquids and it works perfectly for my purposes. However the built in fluid physics as well as Flip Fluids addon and as well as the new Mantaflow engine do ...
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Software to simulate mechanical systems

I wish to achieve the following :- Simulate the motion of a 4 wheel toy car on a rough surface. Get the mechanical stresses during the motion on various parts and joints of the car. Get the forces ...
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Software to run a simulation on different strategies on the game battleships

As stated I would like to run a simulation for the game battleships on my windows computer. I want to be able to program the game with pseudorandom positions for the battleships and then create a loop ...
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Bluestacks click simulator

I would like to simulate clicks inside a game which is running inside Bluestacks. Im thinking of taking a screenshot of my screen, crop on x1, y1 to x2, y2 vertices to only have the Bluestacks screen ...
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Is there a lighter alternative to puppeteer for simulated clicking?

I'm writing an application that navigates to a website, clicks a button on the website (which updates it) and then extracts information from the website. The application requires a headless browser, ...
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Network Simulator that allows defining processes to perform tasks

I'm looking for a network simulator that can allow me to actually define processes for each node by writing code. I am well versed in C, CPP, Java, JavaScript, PHP & Python. So, it doesn't matter ...
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Open Source AI/Robotics Simulation Project

I am looking for an open source simulator for robotics where the simulation has a physics engine and you are able to build not only the robot but code it's software with capabilities as real to life ...
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C++ 3D Physics engine for crushing objects in a simulation

This engine should be able to simulate 3D objects under pressure as close to real life as possible. I need this for a project where you can spawn a 3D object and then a press will descend and it will ...
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Swarm Robotics Simulator

I want to do an academic project in Swarm Robotics. Which software is more suitable for implementing swarm robotics(Swarm Intelligence) algorithms in easy way? I am comfortable with C, Python, and ...
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What technology is best to simulate a static 2d/3d lattice structure?

I have an important final year project where I need to create some software which displays simple 2d and 3d lattice structures. To be specific, artificial spin ices. a,b,c (in the attached figure) are ...
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Water tank & pipe flow simulation software

I am looking for a tool that can help me simulate the water flow from two water tanks located at different levels. This is in relation with house construction and I would prefer to give priority to ...
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Software for System Reliability Analysis

I am trying to find a software (free if possible) to simulate System Reliability. More specifically, I am looking to simulate systems with sub-components that each have probabilistic (and not ...
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