the mean of an XML file. It describes the properties of the platform, such as
the computing nodes with their computing power, the interconnection links with
their bandwidth and latency, and the routing strategy. The scheduling of the
-simulated processes, as well as the simulated running time of the application is
-computed according to these properties.
+simulated processes, as well as the simulated running time of the application
+are computed according to these properties.
To compute the durations of the operations in the simulated world, and to take
into account resource sharing (e.g. bandwidth sharing between competing
