NEWS

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simecol 0.9-1

• removed unnecessary ROR ID

simecol 0.9-0 (2025-04-23)

• moved from R-Forge to Github
• add package anchor for print.deSolve in Rd file
• update bibentry

simecol 0.8-14 (2021-10-07)

• usage of doi in references

simecol 0.8-13 (2019-07-15)

• minor changes

simecol 0.8-12 (2018-06-03)

• small changes of help files
• minimum R version is now 3.2

simecol 0.8-11 (2018-05-08)

• vignette updates
• change ::: to :: operator
• reduce check time

simecol 0.8-10 (2017-10-22)

• vignette updates

simecol 0.8-9 (2017-06-12)

• register native routines
• "fix..."-methods removed to fulfil CRAN policy, footnote in vignette

simecol 0.8-8

• correct omegahat web link
• replace "fix..." . methods with workspace independent "edit"-methods

simecol 0.8-7 (2015-09-03)

• enable newuoa and bobyqa optimizers from package minqa
• small updates to help files and vignette

simecol 0.8-6 (2015-03-20)

• use tcltk::-calls
• enable automatic vignette index
• add new model "diffusion_barrier.R" to doc/examples

simecol 0.8-5

• requireNamespace instead of require for tcltk

simecol 0.8-4 (2013-09-26)

• addtoenv for parameters (experimental and only for class indbasedModel)

simecol 0.8-3

• double buffering for animation plots

simecol 0.8-2 (2012-03-01)

• removed obsolete files in installation
• moved vignette source files to /vignettes
• update of package help page

simecol 0.8-1 (2011-12-04)

• fix bug in seedfill function

simecol 0.8 (2011-08-10)

• periodic boundary conditions in neighbours
• compatibility tweaks
• updated examples

simecol 0.7-2 (2011-03-26)

• remove two other obsolete files from inst/doc

simecol 0.7-1 (2011-03-21)

• fix documentation notes and a warning

simecol 0.7 (2010-11-30)

• "inputs" is now passed explicitly to sim "odeModel"
• fix namespace issue

simecol 0.6-11 (2010-10-04)

• fixed NOTE about missing depends on lattice in one of the examples

simecol 0.6-10 (2010-03-10)

• moved examples to /doc/examples
• improve documentation of 'observer'
• fixed bug that "time" was called "times" in out of iteration solver
• documentation updates and fixes

simecol 0.6-9 (2009-09-04)

• documentation fixes

simecol 0.6-8 (2009-06-27)

• remove dependency on FME (until FME is released)
• documentation improvements
• release

simecol 0.6-7

• fixed bug in documentation example for iteration-solver
• fixed documentation warning for plot-methods

simecol 0.6-6 (2009-02-25)

• tested on Linux x64 with gcc and Sun Studio 12 compilers
• vignette improvements

simecol 0.6-5 (2009-02-12)

• changed: simecol.cpp to simecol.c to avoid C++ (we didn't need it yet)

simecol 0.6-4 (2009-02-10)

• try to fix comptibility issue with Sun Studio compiler

simecol 0.6-3 (2009-01-23)

• remove Rdversion, back compatibility with R 2.8.1
• submitted to CRAN

simecol 0.6-2 (2009-01-19)

• fitOdeModel supports now PORT algorithm (nlminb)
• documentation improvements
• first version of "simecol-howto"
• new utility mixNamedVec
• submitted to CRAN

simecol 0.6-1 (2008-11-30)

• start writing new vignette "simecol-howto"
• data frame conversion for outputs of class odeModel now only for matrices and in out, not in sim.

simecol 0.6 (2008-09-21)

• new class indbasedModel
• new slot "observer"
• .Rdata files re-generated (with observer slot)
• simulation re-initializes objects that have an initfunc
• example of an ODE model that passes compiled code directly to the solver
• this is the useR!2008 (Dortmund) release

simecol 0.5-7 (2008-07-01)

• the package uses now deSolve instead of odesolve
• euler is now imported from deSolve and removed from simecol
• allow solver slot to contain not only character but also function
• plain version of JSS publication added as vignette

simecol 0.5-6

• small improvements and updates

simecol 0.5-5 (2008-04-08)

• reworked ODE solvers, rk4 and lsoda generics removed, solvers are now called directly from sim, ensures compatibility with the deSolve package without the need to write generics for all possible (and future) ode solvers
• rehabilitation of addtoenv()
• documentation updates
• replacement functions now delete slot "out"

simecol 0.5-4

• experimental code for parameter fitting of ODE models

simecol 0.5-3 (2007-12-09)

• added citation of JSS article about simecol
• removed obsolete \non_function{} entry from documentation
• conversion of simObj to and from lists, as.list and as.simObj
• bivariate uniform random numbers (Plackett distribution)

simecol 0.5-2 (2007-10-01)

• tcltk is now Suggested again (possible due to relaxed package check conditions)

simecol 0.5-1

• fixed obsolete braces in .Rd's

simecol 0.5 (2007-06-15)

• tcltk is now mandatory (in Depends), to solve issue with package check under R 2.6.0 (under development)
• check for empty out-slot in plot methods
• obsolete comments removed
• small documentation updates - addtoenv may be removed in the future
• version 0.5 is used in the upcoming JSS article

simecol 0.4-3

• addtoenv() is no longer used in the solver functions
• standard conform accessor functions --> Attention: old applications may need adaptions!
• added demo("jss", package="simecol")
• new examples, small code and documentation improvements

simecol 0.4-2 (2007-02-22)

• helper classes: listOrNULL and functionOrNULL
• new slot initfunc, initialize method and complete rewrite of constructors
• new print and show methods
• general code cleanup and several bugfixes
• documentation improvements

simecol 0.4-1

• general code cleanup
• iteration is now a generic function
• ... argument added to get-functions
• argument "last" in out()

simecol 0.3-14

• euler method for numerical integration

simecol 0.3-11 (2006-06-29)

several bugfixes and documentation improvements

simecol 0.3-10 (2006-06-29)

• some bug fixes and error checking in the accessor functions

simecol 0.3-9

• documentation improvements

simecol 0.3-8

• made rk4 a generic. This required to include a copy of the original rk4 from the odesolve package but this cosmetic issue will be fixed as soon as possible
• improvements of documentation

simecol 0.3-7

• renamed class rndwalkModel to rwalkModel
• code cleanup and error checking
• changed implementation of 'selfrefer' and renamed to 'addtoenv'
• documentation issues
• bugfixes

simecol 0.3-6

• version presented at useR-2006
• slot 'equations' renamed to 'main'
• new slot 'equations' holding sub-equations callable in main

simecol 0.3.1

• complete rewrite using S4 classes instead of S3 lists
• rename of classes and several functions
• several examples and utility functions removed, they will appear again in future versions, separate packages or as downloadable examples on WWW.
• the 0.3 branch is incompatible to 0.2.x versions of simecol
• if you have problems porting old models, please ask me for assistance.