Interactive Simulation in Web Pages: A System for Rapid Development

Abstract

This paper describes a software system for rapid, coding-free development of interactive simulations in Web pages. The core of the system is a library of reusable objects based on the NumberLinX (NLX) architecture: GUI objects for user-controlled inputs, output displays, and controls, along with calculation objects and a manager linking all the objects. The development system included an NLX library, an application program for entering the model description, and integration of the NLX objects into a commercial Web design program for page construction