EMSO simulator is an equation-oriented process simulator with a graph­i­cal interface for modeling com­plex dynamic or steady-state processes. It is CAPE-OPEN compliant. EMSO stands for Environment for Mod­el­ing, Sim­u­la­tion, and Opti­miza­tion. The ALSOC Project - a Portuguese

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 acronym for Free

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 Environment for Simulation, Optimization and Control of Processes -, which is based at the UFRGS, devel­ops, main­tains and dis­trib­utes this object-oriented soft­ware. Pre-built models are available in the open source

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 EMSO Modeling Library (EML). New models can be written in the EMSO modeling language or a user can embed models coded in C

C (programming language)

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, C++

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 or Fortran

Fortran

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 into the simulation environment.

See also

• AMPL
  AMPL
  AMPL, an acronym for "A Mathematical Programming Language", is an algebraic modeling language for describing and solving high-complexity problems for large-scale mathematical computation AMPL, an acronym for "A Mathematical Programming Language", is an algebraic modeling language for describing and...
  
  
• APMonitor
  APMonitor
  APMonitor, or "Advanced Process Monitor", is a modeling language for differential and algebraic equations. It is used for describing and solving representations of physical systems in the form of implicit DAE models. APMonitor is suited for large-scale problems and allows solutions of dynamic...
  
  
• ASCEND
  ASCEND
  ASCEND is a free, open source, mathematical modelling system developed at Carnegie Mellon University since the late 1978. ASCEND is an acronym which stands for Advanced System for Computations in ENgineering Design. Its main uses have been in the field of chemical process modelling although its...
  
  
• General Algebraic Modeling System
  General Algebraic Modeling System
  The General Algebraic Modeling System is a high-level modeling system for mathematical optimization. GAMS is designed for modeling and solving linear, nonlinear, and mixed-integer optimization problems. The system is tailored for complex, large-scale modeling applications and allows the user to...
  
  
• JModelica.org
  JModelica.org
  JModelica.org is a free and open source platform based on the Modelica modeling language for modeling, simulation, optimization and analysis of complex dynamic systems. The platform is maintained and developed by Modelon AB in collaboration with academic and industrial institutions, notably Lund...
  
  
• MATLAB
  MATLAB
  MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...
  
  
• Modelica
  Modelica
  Modelica is an object-oriented, declarative, multi-domain modeling language for component-oriented modeling of complex systems, e.g., systems containing mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, thermal, control, electric power or process-oriented subcomponents.The free Modelica languageis...
  
  
• List of chemical process simulators

External links

• Environment for Modelling, Simulation and Optimisation