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Building interactive simulations in a Web page design program.

J Mailen Kootsey¹, Daniel Siriphongs, Grant McAuley

¹Computational Biology Facility, Loma Linda University, CA, USA.

Conference Proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference

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A new software architecture, NumberLinX (NLX), enables easy creation of interactive web simulations. This drag-and-drop environment requires no coding, making simulation development accessible to more users.

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Area of Science:

Computer Science
Software Engineering
Web Development

Background:

Interactive simulations are crucial for education and research.
Developing web-based simulations traditionally requires significant coding expertise.
Existing web design tools lack specialized components for simulation building.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel software architecture, NumberLinX (NLX), for building interactive web simulations.
To integrate NLX into a commercial web design program to create a user-friendly environment.
To enable simulation construction without direct code manipulation.

Main Methods:

Developed NumberLinX (NLX) as a Java-based library of reusable simulation objects (input, output, calculation, control).
Integrated NLX objects into the palette of a commercial web design program.
Implemented dynamic HTML code generation via user-supplied parameters through a popup form.
Utilized an object inspector for editing object attributes within a form window.

Main Results:

Achieved a drag-and-drop environment for interactive simulation construction.
Enabled dynamic HTML generation for NLX objects based on user input.
Provided a user interface for editing object attributes without code access.
Successfully integrated NLX into a commercial web design program.

Conclusions:

The NumberLinX (NLX) architecture, combined with a commercial web design program, simplifies the creation of interactive web simulations.
Users can build complex simulation pages with minimal technical expertise, excluding model definition.
This approach lowers the barrier to entry for developing and deploying web-based simulations.