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2 1. iDmc - Dynamical Model Calculator
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5 This is iDMC the interactive Dynamical Model Calculator simulates and
6 performs graphical and numerical analysis of systems of differential
7 and difference equations.
9 iDmc is Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Marji Lines and Alfredo Medio.
11 iDmc was designed and written by Daniele Pizzoni <auouo@tin.it>, and
12 subsequently modified by A. Grigoriev and A. F. Di Narzo.
14 iDmc was developed within a research project financed by the Italian
15 Ministry of Universities, the Universities of Udine and Ca'Foscari of
16 Venice, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region.
18 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
19 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
20 the Free Software Foundation.
22 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
23 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
24 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
25 General Public License for more details.
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28 2. What's new in this 2.x.x
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30 In this version there are some new features w.r.t. version 1.9.3.
33 - ability to export trajectory, Lyapunov exponents and basins of attraction data
34 to external files, ready to be opened with the software of your choice
36 * Basins of attraction
37 - added a new faster algorithm for basins of attractions
38 - added full colors customization in basin of attraction plots, with possibility
39 of saving settings between one session and another
42 - added many new random distributions
43 - added a whole new random number generator with good statistical properties
44 - added possibility of setting RNG seed for reproducibility of results
47 - added cycles classification based on stability
51 - more detailed syntax and runtime LUA error messages reporting
54 - misc problems in Lyapunov exponent plots with diverging exponents
57 - removed C code from the software. Now iDMC (i.e., GUI and plotting)
58 is written entirely in Java, while using a separate specialized library,
59 idmclib, for actual numerical analysis
60 - upgraded external libraries to more recent versions
62 Read the NEWS file for a detailed history of changes for subsequent iDMC versions.
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65 3. Other software included in iDmc
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68 iDmc includes or may include (depending on how you compile it) parts
69 from different free software packages distributed with GPL-compatible
70 licenses. You can find copies of the licenses under the directory
71 doc/licenses. A comprehensive list follows.
76 The iDMC C support library
78 Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Marji Lines and Alfredo Medio.
80 http://code.google.com/p/idmclib
88 A free Java class library for producing charts.
90 (C)opyright, 2000-2003, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
92 http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html
100 A free general purpose Java class library
102 (C)opyright, 2000-2003, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
104 http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html
112 A framework to layout and implement elegant Swing panels quickly and
115 Copyright (c) 2003 JGoodies Karsten Lentzsch.
125 A logging package. With log4j is possible to enable logging at runtime
126 without modifying the application binary.
128 Copyright 1999-2003, Apache Software Foundation
130 Licensed with The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
137 iDMC is distributed in precompiled binary and source form.
138 Self-installing binaries are distributed for win32 and linux-i386 OS.
139 Istructions are boundled for compiling iDMC yourself for other
146 Execute "java -jar iDmc-xx.xx.xx-install.jar" to run the installer under Windows
148 See COMPILING to install from sources.
154 Send mail to idmc-discussion@googlegroups.com to report bugs and/or request help.