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== History and Motivation == | == History and Motivation == | ||
OCS was developed during the CoMSON (Coupled Multiscale Simulation and Optimization) project which involved several universities but also several industrial partners. | |||
Each of the industrial partners at the time was using its own circuit simulation software and each software had different file formats for circuit netlists. | |||
Given the purposes of the project and the composition of the consortium the main design objectives for OCS where | |||
* provide a format for "element evaluators" independent of time-stepping algorithms | |||
* provide a "hierarchical" data structure where elements could be composed themselves of lumped-element networks | |||
* allow coupling of lumped-element networks (0D) and 1D/2D/3D device models | |||
* use an intermediate/interchange file format so that none of the formats in use by the industrial partners would be favoured over the others | |||
* be written in an interpreted language for quick prototyping and easy maintainance | |||
* be Free Software | |||
== Problem Formulation == | == Problem Formulation == | ||