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Author: amyheather

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 title: "sim-tools"
+author:
+  - name: Tom Monks
+    affiliation: University of Exeter
+    orcid: 0000-0003-2631-4481
+  - name: Amy Heather
+    affiliation: University of Exeter
+    orcid: 0000-0002-6596-3479
+  - name: Alison Harper
+    affiliation: University of Exeter
+    orcid: 0000-0001-5274-5037
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-Page yet to be written!
+We have developed a Python package to support discrete-event simulation (DES) and monte-carlo simulation education and applied simulation research. Features:
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+1. Implementation of classic Optimisation via Simulation procedures such as KN, KN++, OBCA and OBCA-m
+
+2. Theoretical and empirical distributions module that includes classes that encapsulate a random number stream, seed, and distribution parameters.
+
+3. An extendable Distribution registry that provides a quick reproduible way to parameterise simulation models.
+
+4. Implementation of Thinning to sample from Non-stationary Poisson Processes (time-dependent) in a DES.
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+5. Automatic selection of the number of replications to run via the Replications Algorithm.
+
+6. EXPERIMENTAL: model trace functionality to support debugging of simulation models.
+
+You can find the package on [GitHub](https://github.com/TomMonks/sim-tools), [PyPI](https://pypi.org/pypi/sim-tools/), and [Conda](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sim-tools)
+
+## Package documentation
+
+The `sim-tools` documentation is available at <https://tommonks.github.io/sim-tools/>.
+
+```{=html}
+<div class="iframe-wrapper">
+  <div class="iframe-header">
+    <span>Website preview:</span>
+    <a href="https://tommonks.github.io/sim-tools/"
+       target="_blank" rel="noopener">
+      View full website in new tab
+    </a>
+  </div>
+
+  <iframe
+    width="100%"
+    height="500"
+    src="https://tommonks.github.io/sim-tools/"
+    title="sim-tools documentation">
+  </iframe>
+</div>
+<br>
+```
 
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