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+### PARAMETER FILE FOR AG'S EXPERIMENTATIONS
+
+# define the topologies
+TOPOLOGIES=(
+# btree
+# clique
+ hcube
+ line
+# ring
+# star
+ torus
+)
+
+# define the algorithms
+ALGORITHMS=(
+# simple
+ besteffort
+# 2besteffort
+ makhoul
+)
+
+# the different platform files
+PLATFORMS=(
+# cluster16.xml
+# cluster64.xml
+# cluster256.xml
+ cluster1024.xml
+# grid16.xml
+# grid64.xml
+# grid256.xml
+ grid1024.xml
+)
+
+VARIANTS=(
+# plain
+ bookkeeping
+)
+
+# number of hosts
+NHOSTS=0
+
+# total load
+LOAD=-1000
+
+# time limit for the simulation
+DEADLINE=0
+
+# optional: additional arguments for loba (default: empty)
+MORE_ARGS=( -l100 -m1e-4 -M10 -D5 -%5 -g1000 )
+
+# optional: path to binary (default: ./loba)
+#LOBA=./loba
+
+# optional: path to results (default: ./results)
+#RESULTS=./results