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The rule based modelling system is a compiler/interpreter that compiles ecosystem rules into simple operations which it then interprets.
There are two inputs into the system. One is a file of rules, and the other is a file of input variables. See section Input/output file format.
The output on the screen displays status information and (hopefully) useful error messages and warnings.
For file output see node See section Input/output file format.
The ecosystem in mind is lake St. Lucia, under the assumption that the main driving factor is lake salinity. Beastie-Beastie interactions are ignored. (Although, by chance, the actual system design does allow for such things to be taken into account at a later stage.)
The idea behind this program has been to separate the biology from the programming. All the biology sits in the rules file, which contains a set of rules in a new artificial language developed to cope with this particular problem.
This is the GNU info standalone program. I still need to find the original source for the standard help. If you know Emacs, you know info.
If you don't just use the 'n'ext, 'p'revious, 'u'p, 'q'uit and 's'earch commands. You will get bye. Arrow keys and page up/down keys should also work.
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