Lesson plan

SIM.JS

SIM.JS is an event-based discrete-event simulation library based on standard JavaScript. The library has been written in order to enable simulation within standard browsers by utilizing web technology. SIM.JS supports entities, resources (Facility, Buffers and Stores), communication (via Timers, Events and Messages) and statistics (with Data Series, Time Series and Population statistics). The SIM.JS distribution contains tutorials, in-depth documentation, and a large number of examples. SIM.JS is released as open source software under the LGPL license. The first version was released in January 2011.

Back to article

Article summary

SIM.JS is an event-based discrete-event simulation library based on standard JavaScript. The library has been written in order to enable simulation within standard browsers by utilizing web technology. SIM.JS supports entities, resources (Facility, Buffers and Stores), communication (via Timers, Events and Messages) and statistics (with Data Series, Time Series and Population statistics). The SIM.JS distribution contains tutorials, in-depth documentation, and a large number of examples. SIM.JS is released as open source software under the LGPL license. The first version was released in January 2011.

Key claims

  1. release date: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366925369

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.