FUDAA: An Open-Source Framework for the Integration of Simulation Codes, Pre-Processing, and Post-Processing Tools

Fudaa is an open-source, object oriented and distributed framework dedicated to the integration of scientific simulation code in homogeneous, graphic, and communicating interfaces. This tool, developed in Java and Corba, provides a user-friendly, common, and stable environment for independent simulation codes. Whereas in most cases simulation codes exchange data only through files, with Fudaa, they are used as distributed software components that can communicate with each other through the network using a common data model. Moreover, they benefit from an efficient and homogenous graphic interface which can integrate numerous developments available on the Internet thanks to the GPL license. Today, Fudaa is evolving to provide geographic information system features and integration in a Web and service-oriented environment.