X-Git-Url: http://bilbo.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/7e6874f7ac80c48117279575b0b0bf70dad67756..adbdcbddadcbd685b72259874d1ebfd9cbbcc497:/docs/source/index.rst diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst index 6673f653c8..38445ad0c3 100644 --- a/docs/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/index.rst @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The Modern Age of Computer Systems Simulation ============================================= -SimGrid is a framework to simulate distributed computer systems. It can be used -to either :ref:`assess abstract algorithms ` or to -:ref:`debug and profile real MPI applications `. +SimGrid is a framework to simulate distributed computer systems. It can be used to either :ref:`assess the performance of +abstract algorithms `, to :ref:`debug and profile real MPI applications `. To some extend, it can +also be used to :ref:`formally assess the correctness of simple algorithms and applications `. SimGrid is routinely used in studies on (data-)Grids, IaaS Clouds (:ref:`API `, :ref:`examples `), @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The simulation models are **fast** (`🖹 `__) **highly scalable** (`🖹 `__) while **theoretically sound and experimentally assessed** (`🖹 `__). Most of the time, SimGrid is used to predict the performance (time and energy) of a -given IT infrastructure, and it includes a prototype model checker to formally +given IT infrastructure, and it includes a prototypical model checker to formally assess these systems. Technically speaking, SimGrid is a library. It is neither a graphical @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ of every page. Bugs in the code should be reported Simulating distributed algorithms Simulating MPI applications Model-checking algorithms + Simulating DAG .. toctree:: :hidden: