Stroboscope Educational

Advanced Programmable Simulation System for Construction Operations Modeling

STROBOSCOPE is a simulation programming language based on the activity scanning simulation paradigm and activity cycle diagrams. Although designed specifically for the modeling of construction operations, STROBOSCOPE can be used to model operations in any domain. STROBOSCOPE allows you to model very complex operations with ease.

You can download everything you need to create and run simulation models on computers running Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later from this site. If you own Microsoft Visio 2000 or later you will also be able to run the Stroboscope Graphical User Interface, EZStrobe, and ProbSched. STROBOSCOPE is free so long as you use it to teach simulation in a university or for un-funded research.

Versions of Stroboscope designed for easy installation and ghosting in academic computer labs, and for professional use are also available. To obtain a copy of the Educational Lab version or the Professional version, please contact Julio C. Martinez.

Requirements, Download and Installation Instructions

Getting and installing STROBOSCOPE 2.0.3.0 (5.23 mb, November 21, 2006)

Click here to download STROBOSCOPE Educational. Once you have downloaded it you should use your favorite utility to extract the files it contains.

To install STROBOSCOPE Educational, run SETUP.EXE. Please be sure to be connected to the Internet when you run Setup. You will be required to register and to provide a key. If you do not have a key, please leave the fields empty and a key will be emailed to the address you specify with registration.

The Stroboscope Educational Visio-Based tools installation requires that all users have run Visio 2000 or later at least once, and have set their security level to Medium or Low (which is not the default) before installing Stroboscope. Macro security can be set to Medium or Low by following the Tools->Macros->Security menu sequence. Users who do this after installing Stroboscope will need to run “Register Stroboscope with Visio” from the Stroboscope Educational Shortcuts in Start Menu Programs.

Viewing and Printing the Documentation

The Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary to view and print the documentation and publications that are included with STROBOSCOPE. If you don't have Acrobat Reader installed, you can get instructions on how to download and install the latest version from Adobe's Acrobat site. Make sure Acrobat Reader is installed in your system before installing STROBOSCOPE.

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Stroboscope Educational includes a Graphical User Interface, a simpler modeling system called EZStrobe that is recommended as a first system to learn, and a probabilistic scheduling system called ProbSched. The current versions of these tools require Microsoft Visio 2000 or later, and are automatically installed when you install Stroboscope.

The Stroboscope Educational Visio-Based tools installation requires that all users have run Visio 2000 or later at least once, and have set their security level to Medium or Low (which is not the default), before installing Stroboscope. Macro security can be set to Medium or Low by following the Tools->Macros->Security menu sequence. Users who do this after installing Stroboscope will need to run “Register Stroboscope with Visio” from the Stroboscope Educational Shortcuts in Start Menu Programs.