[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

Edward, Matt, Christopher, Thank you all. I have found this exchange to be very usefull. The road map that Matt provides for V2 is very helpful and helps differentiate the two efforts. It also encourages me to subscribe to the developers list to get a better sense of how the project is

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

Hi Tom, I don't know if anyone else will agree with the following, but I thought I'd share a few of my thoughts about (a) some distinctions between Ptolemy and Kepler, (b) how these distinctions derive from the differences between a system model and a scientific workflow, and (c) what the

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

Edward, Thanks for your prompt reply (over the weekend!). I'll take a closer look at the FIR actor and the source for the R and MATLAB wrappers. I've also been focussing on the Kepler documentation instead of the Ptolemy II doumentation. It looks like I need to switch focus and look more

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

In addition to the packaging and actor library differences, Kepler also has significant UI extensions and infrastructure for searching actor libraries... In some cases, there is functionality that overlaps... E.g., Kepler has an ontology mechanism, but we have built a somewhat different ontology

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

Hi Tom, See the Kepler/CORE mission statement at https://kepler-project.org/users/projects-using-kepler-1/kepler-core-vision-and-mission For information about the differences between Kepler and Ptolemy, http://ptolemy.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIfaq.htm#kepler says --start-- Ptolemy

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

Edward and Christopher covered most of the differences between Kepler and Ptolemy, especially with respect to the 1.0 release. The current development version of Kepler that is leading to our 2.0 release includes a number of additional major differences, some of which include: 1) Module-based

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

One thing perhaps worth emphasizing is that asking about the difference between a building and its foundation is fraught with difficulty. The building doesn't stand without its foundation, but the foundation is pointless without the building... Edward Matt Jones wrote: Edward and Christopher

[kepler-users] Greetings/newbie questions about Kepler

Tom, I can answer some of these questions... Tom Parris wrote: Dear Keplerites: I have been evaluating Kepler for use in a major project. The project will perform spatial hydrological analysis for a 30+ year time period using monthly time steps. I should say, that at first glance, I'm