JaamSim

{{Short description|Software for discrete event simulation}}

{{Lowercase title}}

{{Infobox software

| name = JaamSim

| logo =

| logo alt =

| logo caption =

| screenshot =

| screenshot size =

| screenshot alt =

| caption =

| collapsible =

| author =

| developer = JaamSim Software Inc.

| released = {{Start date and age|2011|09|df=no}}

| ver layout =

| latest release version = 2025-04

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|09|df=no}}

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date =

| programming language = Java

| platform = Java

| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/jaamsim/jaamsim}}

| license = Apache 2.0

| website = {{URL|https://jaamsim.com/}}

| standard =

| AsOf =

}}

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

JaamSim is a free open-source software for building discrete-event simulation models, which includes drag-and-drop model building and 3D animated graphics.{{cite journal

| last1 = Lang

| first1 = Sebastian

| last2 = Reggelin

| first2 = Tobias

| last3 = Muller

| first3 = Marcel

| last4 = Nahhas

| first4 = Abdulrahman

| date=2021

| title = Open-source discrete-event simulation software for applications in production and logistics: An alternative to commercial tools?

| journal = Procedia Computer Science

| volume = 180

| issue =

| pages = 978-987

| publisher = Elsevier

| doi= 10.1016/j.procs.2021.01.349

| doi-access = free

}}

{{cite journal

| last1 = Dagkakis

| first1 = Georgios

| last2 = Heavey

| first2 = Cathal

| date=August 2016

| title = A review of open source discrete event simulation software for operations research

| journal = Journal of Simulation

| volume = 10

| issue = 3

| pages = 193-206

| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan UK

| doi= 10.1057/jos.2015.9

}}

{{cite journal

| last1 = Kristiansen

| first1 = Oskar Skak

| last2 = Sandberg

| first2 = Ulrik

| last3 = Hansen

| first3 = Casper

| last4 = Jensen

| first4 = Morten Skovgaard

| last5 = Friederich

| first5 = Jonas

| last6 = Lazarova-Molnar

| first6 = Sanja

| date = 2022

| title = Experimental comparison of open source discrete-event simulation frameworks

| journal = Simulation Tools and Techniques: 13th EAI International Conference, SIMUtools 2021

| pages = 315-330

| publisher = Springer

| doi= 10.1007/978-3-030-97124-3_24

}}

{{cite journal

| last1 = Vieira

| first1 = António A.C.

| last2 = Dias

| first2 = Luís M.S.

| last3 = Santos

| first3 = Maribel Y.

| last4 = Pereira

| first4 = Guilherme A.B.

| last5 = Oliveira

| first5 = José A.

| date = 2019

| title = A ranking of the most known freeware and open source discrete event simulation tools

| journal = Proceedings of the European Modeling and Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2019)

| pages = 200-209

| doi= 10.46354/i3m.2019.emss.029

| hdl = 1822/66710

| hdl-access = free

}}

Features

  • Drag-and-drop model building
  • Animated 3D graphics
  • Submodels
  • Libraries of model objects
  • Units for all relevant inputs, outputs, and expressions
  • Version control of model inputs using standard software such as Git

References

{{Reflist}}