<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
(	O
Software	O
for	O
Adaptive	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Simulation	O
Of	O
Nanosystems	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
software	O
platform	O
for	O
molecular	O
design	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
and	O
previously	O
by	O
the	O
NANO-D	O
group	O
at	O
the	O
French	O
Institute	O
for	O
Research	O
in	O
Computer	O
Science	O
and	O
Automation	O
(	O
INRIA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
has	O
a	O
modular	O
architecture	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
suitable	O
for	O
different	O
domains	O
of	O
nanoscience	O
,	O
including	O
material	O
science	O
,	O
life	O
science	O
,	O
and	O
drug	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
are	O
modules	O
for	O
SAMSON	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
SAMSON	B-Application
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
help	O
users	O
perform	O
tasks	O
in	O
SAMSON	B-Application
,	O
including	O
building	O
new	O
models	O
,	O
performing	O
calculations	O
,	O
running	O
interactive	O
or	O
offline	O
simulations	O
,	O
and	O
visualizing	O
and	O
interpreting	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
may	O
contain	O
different	O
class	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
expose	O
their	O
functions	O
to	O
SAMSON	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Elements	O
through	O
an	O
introspection	O
mechanism	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
thus	O
be	O
integrated	O
and	O
pipelined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
represents	O
nanosystems	O
using	O
five	O
categories	O
of	O
models	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
models	O
and	O
simulators	O
are	O
integrated	O
into	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
,	O
layered	O
structure	O
that	O
form	O
the	O
SAMSON	B-Application
data	O
graph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
interact	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
data	O
graph	O
to	O
perform	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
has	O
a	O
node	O
specification	O
language	O
(	O
NSL	O
)	O
that	O
users	O
may	O
employ	O
to	O
select	O
data	O
graph	O
nodes	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
implements	O
many	O
features	O
to	O
ease	O
developing	O
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SAMSON	B-Application
,	O
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
and	O
the	O
SAMSON	B-Application
Software	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
are	O
distributed	O
via	O
the	O
SAMSON	B-Application
Connect	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
repository	O
for	O
the	O
SAMSON	B-Application
Elements	O
being	O
uploaded	O
by	O
developers	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
of	O
SAMSON	B-Application
choose	O
and	O
add	O
Elements	O
from	O
SAMSON	B-Application
Connect	O
.	O
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