LightStone
Prof. Edward Voigtman
Univ. Of Massachusetts - Dept. Of Chemistry
Amherst, MA USA

LightStone is a set of three libraries that allow you to model the quantitative behavior (including real noises) of modern spectrometric instrumentation such as UV-vis & IR spectrometers, optical polarimeters, etc. The libraries contain more than 300 blocks, offer polychromatic modeling up to 100,001 wavelengths, and fully implement the entire Jones & Muller optical calculi. There are numerous blocks pertaining to statistics and even a genetic optimization block.

This module is available as a free download on a "as is" basis. According to Lightstone developer Prof. Voigtman, Lightstone is continually being improved upon and new blocks are always being added. However, the manual is somewhat dated and not perfectly up to date, which is why the LightStone software is on an "as is" basis. Even so, it is available for both Windows and Macintosh users and includes full, commented source code.

Lightstone may be used with any of the ExtendSim packages.

Proof Animation
Wolverine Software Corporation
Annandale, VA USA

Add a perspective view to your 2D discrete event models - use Proof Animation to animate models in 2.5 dimensions (2.5D). Portray objects moving with smooth motion that is refreshed 60-70 updates/second. Control the pace of your animation and investigate unusual system behavior by speeding it up or fast-forwarding. Pan, rotate, and zoom in and out on demand. Create scripted sequences of slides and segments selected from full animations, then link slides together with special effects such as screen fades and dissolves for a polished presentation.

ExtendSim (Windows version only) includes built-in capabilities for easily and directly exploiting Proof Animation features. You can purchase, at a reduced price, a special version of Proof Animation that works only with ExtendSim. To get the discounted price, you must have a registered ExtendSim license. For more information, contact Imagine That Inc.

The BioQUEST Library VI
The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Beloit College -- Biology Department
Beloit, WI USA

Volume VI of this peer-reviewed publication contains more than 70 tools, simulations, databases, and other resources used in undergraduate biology. The Library represents a collaborative effort to provide opportunities for students to engage in problem posing and problem solving in a variety of biological investigations. Students are encouraged to develop strategies for:

		Experimental design
		Acquisition and analysis of large data sets
		Effective peer persuasion at all stages of scientific investigation

Simulations created using ExtendSim are "Environmental Decision Making" and "SimBio2", both in ecology, and "Metabolic Pathways", in biochemistry.

Bioquest may be used with any of the ExtendSim packages.

IDEAS Simulation
Andritz AG
Austria & USA

IDEAS is process simulation software for the pulp & paper, oil sands, chemical, consumer products, and mining industry. IDEAS promotes the concept of Virtual Operating Plant Technology for developing dynamic simulations to manage investment decisions, design processes and controls, test control systems, train operators, and optimize operations. With a user-extendible material properties database to define multi-component streams, IDEAS provides predictive first principles and empirical modeling for mass, energy, and momentum balances.

The ExtendSim simulation engine is incorporated into the IDEAS package. You do not need to own ExtendSim to use IDEAS.

Microfusion Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Alpharetta, GA USA, provides industry with automation and simulation based solutions, utilizing off-the-shelf hardware and software operating systems, that reduce risk (cost) and add value (profit) to the activities associated with the design, start-up, interfacing, training and maintenance of process and control systems.

Modules may be used with any of the ExtendSim packages.

	THINK
	THINK (Thermal Hydraulic Integrated NetworK)™ solves the time and spatially dependent equations for the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. THINK uses a modification of the Finite Element Method (FEM), and it is based on proven thermal hydraulic computer codes used extensively for safety analysis and high fidelity simulator modeling in the Nuclear Power industry. THINK has been used in a number of task-specific simulators, covering a wide range of applications in pulp and paper, specialty chemical, and energy industries.
	POWERS
	POWERS(POWER Systems) is an electrical distribution network simulation code. Electrical networks are modeled by using the Finite Element Method for basic components such as resistors, inductors, and capacitors. POWERS has a high degree of accuracy and can be easily modified to model any electrical network. The symmetric nature of the Finite Element Method and its basic building block character results in high system fidelity, fast execution time and the flexibility of interactive model building and testing.

 

ExpertFit
Averill M. Law & Associates
Tucson, AZ USA

ExpertFit will automatically and accurately determine what probability distribution best represents a set of real-world data in seconds, helping you develop more valid simulation models. Major features include 40 distributions, 4 technically correct goodness-of-fit tests, 30 high-quality graphs with multiple distributions, batch mode, and new methodology for modeling randomness in the absence of data.

Stat::Fit
Geer Mountain Software Corporation
South Kent, CT USA

Included in ExtendSim AT! Stat::Fit statistically fits input data to analytical distributions. The Auto::Fit function automatically fits continuous and discrete distributions, providing relative comparisons between distribution types. The Export function translates the fitted distribution into the specific form for ExtendSim. The distribution viewer allows interactive display of distributions, providing for quick no-data representations.

OpEMCSS
John R. Clymer and Associates
Fullerton, CA USA

The OpEMCSS (Operational Evaluation Modeling for Context-Sensitive Systems) module provides the ability to examine important elements in a problem space and allows the formulation of alternative solution concepts. OpEMCSS contains a forward chaining, expert system controller that can implement both crisp and fuzzy rules. Plus, it applies reinforcement learning to discover optimal rules to manage system operation.

You MUST own ExtendSim Suite, ExtendSim AT, or ExtendSim OR to use this module.

FlowMac
PaperMac AB
Kolmården, Sweden

PaperMac AB has poured 18 years of development into FlowMac -- a knowledge based system being used extensively by the pulp and paper industry in the engineering and evaluation of mill performance. FlowMac allows detailed modeling of pulp and paper processes for mass and energy balances, dynamic simulation, and powerful accumulation of process knowledge.

FlowMac contains a series of libraries which includes more than 500 process-specific blocks; such as chests, pumps, valves, meters, headboxes, digesters, etc. The more than 200 tutorial models in FlowMac can be used for training in the use of the system and for understanding blocks and processes. Complete models for Kraft Pulp, TMP and RP pulping lines, papermachines, and effluent treatment plants are included. FlowMac is a maxi software.

PaperMac AB also distributes PulpMac for use in the modeling of kraft pulp plants.

Detailed information on both modules including demos can be found on the PaperMac AB web site at www.papermac.se.

The FlowMac module may be used with any of the Extend 6 or ExtendSim 7 packages.

FrontWay AB, Norköpping, Sweden, offers four ExtendSim modules for use in the pulp and papermaking industries.

	PaperFront
	The PaperFront module for ExtendSim is used to model the papermaking process from the entry of chips or bales to the ready-made reel of paper. PaperFront can easily interact with other expert systems, like SolGasWater for non organic chemical equilibrium calculations. The PaperFront module operates in conjunction with PipeFront. Both PaperFront and ProjectFront are designed to interact with a control system.
	PulpFront
	PulpFront is a library of functions used to model the pulp making process from the entry of chips to the ready-made pulp. (Currently, it is only available to work with ChemCAD. The ExtendSim version is under development.) PulpFront, together with ProjectFront, provides a versatile toolbox for outputs to Excel, MS SQL Server, and scenario handling. Both PulpFront and ProjectFront are designed to interact with a control system.
	ProjectFront
	ProjectFront is a library of functions that handle model input and output. ProjectFront is based on MS SQL Server and works closely with MS Excel. ProjectFront has a number of pre-defined reports as well as having the ability for your to design customre reports including advanced revision handling and custom logotype.
	PipeFront
	The PipeFront module for ExtendSim is used to model the infrastructure of a pulp and papermill; pumps, chests and towers, mixing and splitting functions, and input/output of material. PiperFront can easily interact with other expert systems, like SolGasWater for non organic chemical equilibrium calculations. PipeFront, together with ProjectFront, provides a versatile toolbox for outputs to Excel, MS SQL Server, and scenario handling. Both PipeFront and ProjectFront are designed to interact with a control system.

FrontWay AB has been awarded the prestigious national ‘Rising Star’ Award at the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards.

Learn more about FrontWay AB plans for 2010.

FrontWay AB is also an ExtendSim Consultant and frequently holds public seminars on the use of the PaperFront module for ExtendSim.

ACADZ Semiconductor and ACADZ Automated Material Handling Systems
ACADZ, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ USA

ACADZ Semiconductor Library and ACADZ AMHS Library help semiconductor and electronic firms model their extremely complex discrete event manufacturing processes. Sample models demonstrate how factories with a dynamic production mix are modeled to produce reports on cycle time of devices, capacity of machines and/or machine groups, bottlenecks, and changing batch sizes in real time.

You MUST own ExtendSim Suite, ExtendSim AT, or ExtendSim OR to use this module