fmitchell259/networksimulator

A self-learning system to simulate packets moving around a network.

NetworkSimulator

A system to simulate packets moving around a network.

As part of my tutorage I have been learning about networks, my tutor explained the underlying princibles, a rough idea of how the code should look and left me to start building.

My network will run for a number of "test iterations" (a global variable the programmer can set at the top of the script). After this the network examines all the packets received and calculates the top three fastest times for each journey within the network.

The top times are accompanied by a list of nodes that were visited in order to achieve them. Using this node list the network creates new routing tables within each node (up to this point routes have been chosen based on randomly picked "node linkage" lists).

My "active_network" switch is then turned to True and the network runs through a number of "running iterations" (a global variable that can also be set at the top of the script). Finally the network will print the top times for this final iteration of the network.

Future plans include a genetic topology generator that will use these times to weight different shapes and sizes of networks to create an optimal solution.

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PEP8

Hi Frank,

A little pointer to PEP8 - Syle guide for Python which contains best practise understood in the community around styling such as whitespace, variable and class name structures, and more!

Best,

AJ