Contents

• INTRODUCTION
  • What Is Drone?
  • Copyright Information
  • Typographic Conventions
• RUNNING DRONE
  • Installing Drone
  • Getting the Documentation
  • A Concrete Example
  • Basic Operation
    • Standard Mode
    • Dry-Run Mode
    • Collation Mode
    • Other Options
• CONFIGURING DRONE
  • The Control File
    • Control File Syntax
    • Control File Parameters
    • A Sample Control File
  • The Host File
    • Host File Syntax
    • A Sample Host File
  • The Target Program
    • Target Program Requirements
    • Using Drone With an Existing Program
    • Using Drone With an Adapter Script
    • Using Drone With a Swarm Program
    • Programs That Execute a Simulation Multiple Times
• REPRODUCING EXPERIMENTS
  • Reproducing an Entire Experiment
  • Reproducing a Single Case
  • Reproducing a Single Run
• INTERNAL OPERATION
  • Generating Random Seeds
  • Password Security
• TROUBLESHOOTING
  • Bugs, Blemishes, and Limitations
  • Debugging
  • Future Directions
• Acknowledgements
• URLs
• References
• About this document ...