A Rough Guide to the MAS Code

Contents iPreface 10.1 How to use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 About Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 Your Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Introduction 31.1 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 MAS in a Nutshell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.3 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 Planned Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Compiling and Running MAS 72.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.2 Compiling the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 Running the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 Restarting a Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.5 Post-Processing the Output Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.6 Visualizing the Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Understanding the Input Parameters 113.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11i

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