JaamSim is a discrete-event simulation environment developed by Ausenco as the foundation of all our simulation applications. It represents about 10 man-years of effort since 2002 and is under continuous development to support our simulation projects. JaamSim is used daily by our team of 19 simulation analysts and programmers.

Examples of our simulation models can be seen at: www.youtube.com/user/javasimulation.

JaamSim is written in the Java programming language and includes a drag-and-drop user interface, interactive 3D graphics, input and output processing, and model development tools and editors.

The key feature that makes JaamSim different from commercial off-the-shelf simulation software is that it allows a user to develop new palettes of high-level objects for a given application. These objects will automatically have 3D graphics, be available in the drag-and-drop interface, and have their inputs editable through the Input Editor. Users can focus on the logic for their objects without having to program a user interface and input/output processing.

All the coding for new objects is done in standard Java using standard development tools such as Eclipse. There is no need for the specialised simulation languages, process flow diagrams, or scripting languages used by commercial off-the-shelf simulation software. Model logic can be coded directly in either a event- or process-oriented style using a few simple classes and methods provided by JaamSim.

The present release includes the following palettes:

• Graphic objects: static 3D objects, overlay text, clock, arrow, graph, etc.
• Probability distributions: uniform, triangular, normal, erlang, gamma, weibull, etc.
• Basic objects: generator, sink, server, queue, delay, resource, branch, time series, etc.
• Calculation objects: weighted sum, polynomial, integrator, differentiator, etc.
• Fluid objects: tank, pipe, pump, etc.

The JaamSim executable, user manuals, examples, and technical articles can be downloaded from: http://jaamsim.com

A copy of all dependencies is shipped in the jar/ folder and are as follows:

• JOGL2 (from jogamp.org)

Simply run the build.sh script from the top level to produce a functional jar 'JaamSim.jar', you'll need to have the prerequisites from the jar/ folder in your classpath.

To build it in another environment, link the jar/ folder as an external classpath folder, or download your own copy of JOGL2.

JaamSim is GPLv3

For licensing and general inquiries: Dr. Harry King harry.king@ausenco.com

If you have any problems building the source or technical inquiries: Harvey Harrison harvey.harrison@ausenco.com