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importance, as a loose collection of model objects which allow the modelling
knowledge that APES teams have assembled to be shared operationally. Utilities
and applications are also available as independent objects for re-use. A third
party may want to use a single component or an extended set of them. They will be
fully documented and extensible so they can be easily used in custom-developed
applications.
Web Resources
The APES portal: http://www.apesimulator.org
Component and applications documentation pages: http://www.apesimulator.org/
help/
APES ontology: http://www.apesimulator.org/OntologyBrowser.aspx
SEAMLESS EU integrated project: http://www.seamless-ip.org, partly continued
in the SEAMLESS Association (www.seamlessassociation.org)
Acknowledgements The development of APES was partially funded by the EU - DG Research,
Sixth Framework Research Programme, Integrated Project SEAMLESS (http://www.seamless-ip.org),
contract no. 010036-2
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