Network generation intro

PyDistSim comes with a battery of different methods for automated network creation. It works in two modes:

1. Instanced generation

2. Static generation

When you use it in instance mode, you instantiate the NetworkGenerator with the parameters you want the network to have and on that instance you call generate_random_network or generate_homogeneous_network to return a network. This is the most configurable way to generate random networks but without any particular structure. Check the NetworkGenerator class reference for more information on the parameters you can use.

On the other hand, when you use the class or static mode, you do not need to instantiate NetworkGenerator, just call its class methods:

1. NetworkGenerator.generate_complete_network()

2. NetworkGenerator.generate_ring_network()

3. NetworkGenerator.generate_star_network()

4. NetworkGenerator.generate_hypercube_network()

5. NetworkGenerator.generate_mesh_network()

These class methods receive a minimal configuration of parameters (in general only the number of nodes and if the network should be directed or not).

Static generation is used for quick network generation without any additional conditions. It is appropriately exemplified in the network generation notebook.