README.md

Spatial Discrete Event Simulation (SpaDES)

Develop and run spatially explicit discrete event simulation models

Easily implement a variety of simulation models, with a focus on spatially explicit models. These include raster-based, event-based, and agent-based models. The core simulation components are built upon a discrete event simulation framework that facilitates modularity, and easily enables the user to include additional functionality by running user-built simulation modules. Included are numerous tools to rapidly visualize raster and other maps.

Website: http://SpaDES.PredictiveEcology.org

Wiki: https://github.com/PredictiveEcology/SpaDES/wiki

Installation

Building packages from source requires the appropriate development libraries for your operating system (e.g., Windows users should install Rtools).

The suggested package fastshp can be installed with:

install.packages("fastshp", repos = "http://rforge.net", type = "source")

Current stable release

Install from CRAN:

install.packages("SpaDES")

Install from GitHub:

#install.packages("devtools")
library("devtools")
install_github("PredictiveEcology/SpaDES", dependencies = TRUE) # stable

Development version (unstable)

Install from GitHub:

#install.packages("devtools")
library("devtools")
install_github("PredictiveEcology/SpaDES", ref = "development", dependencies = TRUE) # unstable

Getting started

Vignettes:

Available via our wiki or via browseVignettes(package = "SpaDES").

Wiki:

https://github.com/PredictiveEcology/SpaDES/wiki

Q&A Forum:

https://groups.google.com/d/forum/spades-users

Reporting bugs

Contact us via the package GitHub site: https://github.com/PredictiveEcology/SpaDES/issues.

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