Mars Simulation Project

From Encoresoup - The Ultimate Guide to Free/Open Source Software

The Mars Simulation Project is a free software Java project to create a simulation of future human settlement of Mars. The simulation is a multi-agent artificial society set in a detailed virtual world. XML configuration files allow the user to modify the simulation properties.

The program was developed by Scott Davis. He attributes much of the inspiration of the program to the Mars Trilogy [1]. The Mars Simulation Project uses libraries from the following Open Source projects:

• Jakarta Commons Collections
• JFreeChart
• JUnit
• Log4J
• Plexus

[edit] External links

• Mars Sim Homepage
• Mars Project page at Freshmeat.net
• Mars Sim resource page at MarsDrive website
• Mars Sim Central at Mars Society website.
• Mars Sim entry at Home of the Underdogs
• Highlight Project article from Linuxprogramming.com written Feb 06, 2001