K.I.S.S. is what the initial release of ModuOps is all about. The software is a random car generator with a scale factor added so that one can make it appear as though cars arrive a one location at a different rate than another.
In my book, when a layout that only exists for a couple of days, KISS is a perfect way to get the operating session up and functioning in as little time as possible. We came to run trains, right?
Keeping it simple also implies that complex jobs may be hard to setup, or just not possible. One of my biggest concerns with the approach I've taken is with folks who are looking for this app to solve complex routing problems. That's not what it is.
ModuOps (right now) randomly generates weighted car requests and adds those cars to trains. That's it. Nothing more nothing less. This approach does have the advantage of significantly less administrative requirements to get to the point where you are generating trainlists.
So, KISS is the rule with version 1.0.
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