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+# SimSo
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+SimSo is a scheduling simulator designed for the study of real-time scheduling algorithms.
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+- Project website: http://www.laas.fr/~mcheramy/simso/
+- Documentation: http://homepages.laas.fr/mcheramy/simso/doc/
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+You can find its graphical user interface here: https://github.com/MaximeCheramy/simso-gui
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+This is a free software available under the CeCILL license (GPL compatible).