SpaDES (version 1.1.4)

doEvent: Process a simulation event

Description

Internal function called from spades.

Usage

doEvent(sim, debug)
## S3 method for class 'simList,logical':
doEvent(sim, debug)
## S3 method for class 'simList,missing':
doEvent(sim)

Arguments

sim

Character string for the simList simulation object.

debug

Optional logical flag determines whether sim debug info will be printed (default is debug=FALSE).

Value

• Returns the modified simList object.

Details

Calls the module corresponding to the event call, and executes the event.

Based on code from chapter 7.8.3 of Matloff (2011): "Discrete event simulation". Here, we implement a simulation in a more modular fashion so it's easier to add submodules to the simulation. We use S4 classes and methods, and use `data.table` instead of `data.frame` to implement the event queue (because it is much faster).

References

Matloff, N. (2011). The Art of R Programming (ch. 7.8.3). San Fransisco, CA: No Starch Press, Inc.. Retrieved from https://www.nostarch.com/artofr.htm