At 09:12 AM 5/4/2006, Louis Macovsky, Dynamic BioSystems wrote:
What would it take to encourage Ptolemy developers to build a SD-like layer
of system modeling (using icons of stock and flows and also keep the
converters and look-up tables or graphs) interfaced with the more
mathematically versatile modeling of ptolemy. For example the SD stock is
the integration thus a link to an integrator actor (?). A package of
SD-specific actors?
A major objective of Ptolemy II is to provide an extensible framework
for the construction of domain-specific concurrent modeling and design
tools. The idea is that the domain-specific aspects are added by
people close to the domain. Thus, this work would ideally be done by
someone who is familiar with SD and knows what kinds of models will
appeal to the stakeholders.
Based on the Wikipedia entry that Christopher pointed us to,
I would guess that the model of computation of SD is essentially the same
as the Ptolemy II CT domain. If this is true, then the issue is one of
constructing the appropriate actor library and visual representations.
This is relatively easy, but is really best done by someone close to the
application domain.
Edward
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