Welcome to the PyDSTool Wiki pages. PyDSTool is an integrated simulation, modeling and analysis package for dynamical systems, written in Python. It is being developed at Georgia State University (primarily by Robert Clewley, who is the main contact for the project), but began in 2004 at Cornell University. As a young project, these pages are still in development and subject to sudden changes.

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13th Nov 2008: Version 0.87 has been released, including some new features and bug fixes.

This release is primarily a compatibility release in the run-up to a major update in version 0.90. More details are given on the CodeTopics page.

To download the latest complete public release, please go to the "downloads" link at our Sourceforge page:

The Sourceforge site includes a mailing list and forums to post bug reports, etc.

Recent changes will be reflected in the Subversion repository (documented here). The source code is available under the terms of the BSD license.

PyDSTool is proudly developed and tested using Wingware's Professional Integrated Development Environment for Python: Wing IDE.

Main Site Contents

• ProjectOverview: An overview of PyDSTool's features, implementation, and perspective on its design.

• GettingStarted: Installation procedure / notes, tutorial of basic features.

• Tutorial: Learning with examples.

• UserDocumentation: User's reference documentation.

• TechDocumentation: Technical user and developer documentation.

• ToolboxDocumentation: Information about the included toolboxes.

• APIdocs: Full API documentation (automatically generated by HappyDoc). The most up-to-date version of this is provided with the package download.

• FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.

• Design reference: development-oriented reference guide. It is quite out of date (July 2005), and needs rewriting for the Wiki.

• BibReference: Reference literature list.

• PythonResources: Some general (both introductory and technical), some scientifically oriented.

Citing PyDSTool

If you use PyDSTool in your work then please cite it in the following way:

R. H. Clewley, W.E. Sherwood, M.D. LaMar, J.G. Guckenheimer, 
PyDSTool dynamical systems software, 2004.
http://pydstool.sourceforge.net

Also, please let us know what you are using it for and send us a copy of your paper and/or a URL to your website so that we can link to it here.

For Developers

Please log in (or create an account) when you begin adding to this Wiki. See "login" button on sidebar. You'll need to email Rob Clewley to add write permission to your account.

• CodeTopics: Info about the source code, coding practices, and downloading.

• PythonResources: Relevant links to Python resources

• ToDoLists: Both general and module-specific "to do" lists, including desirable features to implement

• BugReporting: List bugs or other code problems here

• PyDSTool at SourceForge

User Group

Within these pages, please "sign" your additions using the @SIG@ macro, which includes your username and the date and time of the posting. These pages are in development but your input is welcomed!

• GeneralDiscussion: General project discussion

• CodeDiscussion: Post and discuss code issues

• PeoplePage: List of developers and users