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SIMON --- a multi-process simulation interface

The neuro-mechanical simulations made explicit a need for combining different simulators like a neural control system and a mechanical platform, also using a well defined interface. A nice way to do this is to use parallel processes which also gives the opportunity for true parallelism on multi-processor computers. To meet this demand, SIMON was designed and implemented. The interface between the sub-processes are variables and arrays that may be exported and imported. SIMON is now in use within SANS in several sub-projects. Both SAROS and ANSim are adapted to run under SIMON. In fact, even a large ANS can be distributed (manually) on different processors using this method. Some further development of SIMON to take advantage of multi-processor systems is planned.

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