The running of the simulation is fairly straightforward. Once the simulation is designed using the MOOSE modeler, it is translated into C++ code by the MOOSE translator program. The translation process creates an executable file engine. The executable is ran in the following way to pipe the output to a text file engine.out:

prompt% engine go > engine.out

Once an output file is created, the Tk/Tcl graphical display program can be run. It is run by starting the wish application. Once the following is entered:

prompt% wish

a wish prompt is created. At the wish prompt, the Tk/Tcl application is run by typing the following:

wishprompt% source moth.tcl

The user is then prompted to select an input file, and then the simulation data is output in graphical form.

The following is a listing of files pertaining to the moth environment simulation. The files can be found in the following directory on the University of Florida CISE computer system.

directory: /cis/research/simulation/moose/prj/moths

file/description

cell_init.cod        code method to initialize cell values

moth.cod             moth constructor

moth.tcl             Tk/Tcl graphical display application

plant.cod            plant constructor

project.hdf          hierarchy definition file for simulation

project.prj          project file for simulation

weather.cod          weather constructor

xeq_environment.cod  code method that drives entire simulation

xeq_moth.cod         code method to control aspects of moths in each cell

xeq_plant.cod        code method to simulate plant growth

xeq_rain.cod         code method to simulate rainfall

xeq_temp.cod         code method to simulate temperature

xeq_wind.cod         code method to simulate wind direction and speed

engine.out           output file 

Special Thanks to:

• Prof. Fishwick - for the feedback on initial design decisions
• Robert Cubert - for taking the time to answer any questions I had on MOOSE
• Doug Dillard -- for the help on the Tk/Tcl graphical display program
• Angie Smith -- for putting up with my strange working habits