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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I would like to announce the release of a new Open Educational Resource (OER)
<a href="https://rossetti.github.io/KSLBook/">textbook</a> and simulation <a href="https://github.com/rossetti/KSL">
library</a>. The new textbook is similar to my <a href="https://rossetti.github.io/RossettiArenaBook/">
Arena textbook</a> and uses a programming language call <a href="https://kotlinlang.org/">
Kotlin</a>. Kotlin has co-routines and those in the simulation community should know that co-routines facilitates the process-view modeling paradigm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You can access the new textbook
<a href="https://rossetti.github.io/KSLBook/">here</a>. The software library is also open-source and can be found
<a href="https://github.com/rossetti/KSL">here</a>. Instructions for using the software are found on the repository page and within the textbook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ve very excited about the possibilities of this new language platform. In my opinion, the library is competitive with commercial offerings (except for animation).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Take a look at it and let me know what you think.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Manuel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Manuel D. Rossetti, Ph.D., P.E.<br>
University Professor of Industrial Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Director, </span><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatascience.uark.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Crossetti%40uark.edu%7C1c77e4236510493b6a4508d7d37578fb%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637210373830099190&sdata=%2FJ7VQUCQHvtpUMBIXsW69c9mTGMARNWAjPY3%2FyCUtgY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">Data
Science Program</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
University of Arkansas <br>
Department of Industrial Engineering<br>
4207 Bell Engineering Center<br>
Fayetteville, AR 72701<br>
Phone: (479) 575-6756<br>
Fax: (479) 575-8431<br>
email: </span><a href="mailto:rossetti@uark.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:rossetti@uark.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">rossetti@uark.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
www: </span><a href="https://rossetti.uark.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">rossetti.uark.edu </span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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