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{{Short description|Process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = SimPy
| title = SimPy, a free discrete-event simulation package based on Python
| logo = SimPy logo.svg
| logo size = 200px
| author = Klaus G. Müller, Tony Vignaux
| developer = Ontje Lünsdorf, Stefan Scherfke
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|09|17}}
| latest release version = 4.1.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|11|12}}
| programming language = [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Discrete event simulation]]
| license = [[MIT]]
| website = {{URL|simpy.readthedocs.org}}
}}
'''SimPy''' stands for '''“Simulation in Python”,''' is a process-based [[discrete-event simulation]] [[Software framework|framework]] based on standard [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Iwata |first1=Curtis |last2=Mavris |first2=Dimitri |date=2013-01-01 |title=Object-Oriented Discrete Event Simulation Modeling Environment for Aerospace Vehicle Maintenance and Logistics Process |journal=Procedia Computer Science |volume=16 |pages=187–196 |doi=10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.020 |issn=1877-0509|doi-access=free }}</ref> It enables users to model active components such as customers, vehicles, or agents as simple Python [[Generator (computer programming)|generator functions]]. SimPy is released as [[Open-source software|open source]] software under the [[MIT License]]. The first version was released in December 2002.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Xiong |first1=Xinli |last2=Ma |first2=Linru |last3=Cui |first3=Chao |chapter=Simulation Environment of Evaluation and Optimization for Moving Target Defense: A SimPy Approach |date=2020-01-13 |title=Proceedings of the 2019 9th International Conference on Communication and Network Security |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1145/3371676.3371692 |series=ICCNS '19 |location=New York, NY, USA |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |pages=114–117 |doi=10.1145/3371676.3371692 |isbn=978-1-4503-7662-4}}</ref>