Creating packages: Overview

In most cases a SyncroSim package involves two parts: (1) an XML configuration file defining the inputs and outputs for a particular model, and (2) the code required to transform the model's inputs into outputs.

For a SyncroSim package, the model code can take many forms. For example:

• New models are directly supported in any .NET language (e.g. C#, VB.Net, F#).
• Existing models can be wrapped and take advantage of SyncroSim's automatic data management.
• There are packages for both R and Python to make it easy to write models in these programming languages.

SyncroSim packages can be shared with others in one of two ways:

• By making the package available as a file (with an extension of .ssimpkg).
• By submitting the package to the SyncroSim Online Package Server, where approved packages are listed and then available for automatic download from within SyncroSim.

What Next?

• Begin by building a package from scratch
• Next add a model to your package
• Then define data associated with the inputs and outputs of your package
• Finally add conda environments to your package

Note

All of these articles assume that you are familar with the Windows or Unix command-line and with the SyncroSim Package Manager command-line utility. Some familarity with SyncroSim and XML is also assumed.