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| @@ -20,10 +24,365 @@ Creating a real-time simulation of vehicles involves various aspects, including | |||
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| * boost:graph[]: In case you need to represent roads or pathways as a graph, this library provides a flexible and powerful way to represent and manipulate graphs. It also includes a number of graph algorithms. | |||
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| * boost:thread[] or boost:asio[]: To achieve real-time performance, you might need to make use of multi-threading or asynchronous input/output. boost:thread[] provides classes and functions for multi-threading, synchronization, and inter-thread communication. boost:asio[] is a cross-platform library for asynchronous programming and can handle a lot of networking tasks as well. | |||
| * boost:thread[] or boost:asio[]: To achieve real-time performance, you might need to make use of multi-threading or asynchronous input/output. boost:thread[] provides classes and functions for multi-threading, synchronization, and inter-thread communication, and would be useful to parallelize calculations for physics updates. boost:asio[] is a cross-platform library for asynchronous programming and can handle a lot of networking tasks as well. | |||
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I'm not sure we should keep talking about libraries like Boost.Thread in these contexts where we describe what makes Boost unique. This functionality has been available as std::thread in the standard library for 13 years, and I don't think Boost.Thread has received much maintenance or new features since then.
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| * boost:interprocess[]: If you need to share data between different processes in real-time, this library can be useful. It supports shared memory, memory-mapped files, semaphores, and more. | ||
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| * boost:mpi[] or boost:asio[]: For distributed simulations that run across multiple systems, you might need a library for network communication. boost:mpi[] provides a pass:[C++] interface for the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard for distributed computing. boost:asio[] can also handle networking tasks and it is a bit lower-level. | ||
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| * boost:serialization[]: To save the state of the simulation or to communicate complex data structures over a network, you might find this library helpful. | ||
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| * boost:random[]: It is often helpful to introduce "noise" in a simulation to mimic real-world unpredictability, such as initial conditions, changes to weather patterns, modelling uncertainty, and reducing complex computations to simple statistical chances. |
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Boost.Random and std's <random> are in the same situation as Boost.Thread and std::thread.
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| If needed, plan for a dedicated I/O handler that uses boost:asio[] for managing asynchronous operations. | ||
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| === Implement Timing Control with Boost.Chrono |
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Same with Boost.Chrono and std::chrono.
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Good feedback @alandefreitas thanks, closing this pending further research |
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Added an introduction to creating real-world simulations, pulling in Boost libraries where needed - starting with Boost.Chrono for timing, then asio, graph, geometry, units, serialization and others as needed or suggested for certain situations.