Orientation

There are a number of classes of HELICS users:

• New users that have little to no experience with HELICS and co-simulation in general

  • Start with Installation

  • Read the Fundamental Topics

  • Try the Examples

• Intermediate users (Modelers) that have run co-simulations with HELICS using simulators in which somebody else has done the simulator integration with HELICS.

  • Review Fundamental Topics as needed

  • Look over the Advanced Topics to see which features of HELICS may be most useful for your analysis.

    • Multi-Source Inputs (example)

    • Broker Hierarchies (example)

    • HELICS Core Types (example)

    • Queries (example)

    • Simultaneous Co-simulation (example)

    • Multiple Co-simulation Orchestration (example)

    • Encrypted Communication

• Experienced users (Integrators) that are incorporating a new simulator and need to know how to use specific features in the HELICS API

  • Look in the Configurations Options Reference or jump straight to the API references

    • C++

    • C++98

    • C

    • Python

    • Julia

    • nim

• Developers of HELICS who are improving HELICS functionality and contributing to the code base

  • See the Developer Guide