ESDC.m

%main function of the ESDC program. The tools allows for generic spacecraft design based on correlations and application of an evolutionary algorithm.
 %https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/gsfc/gsfc-std-1000 gold rules for margins and more
function [  ] =ESDC()
clc

t_0= now;                               % Reference timer for performance evaluation: Start

% Path adding for relevant folders containing code 
addpath('Code/Analysis');               % Code concercning system analaysis
addpath('Code/Evolver');                % Code concerning Evolution algorithm definitions
addpath('Code/Input');                  % Code dealinng with input handling
addpath('Code/Output');                 % Code deadling with output handling
addpath('Code/Scaling');                % Code dealing with scaling laws
addpath('Code/Support');                % Code serving various support functions 
add_paths_for_visualization();          % additional paths for the visulisation codes like video and animation creation

% Start
startup();                              % Display startup messages, licenses etc.

%Update Scaling Data Base
force_db_update = 0 ;
update_scaling_model(force_db_update);                 % Checks for changes in the data bases and derives changed scaling laws

%Input
[input db_data config] = input_processing();   %Reads input files for the specific simulaton at hand

%Evolve
t_1=now;                              % Reference timer for performance evaluation: After evoluation completion

evolution_data = evolver(input, db_data, config); % Main solver performance here

evolution_time(t_1);                % Calculate the time for the evolution process

%Output
output_XML_generation(input, db_data, config, evolution_data);  

%Visual Output
%disp('Visual production ')
%visualization(evolution_data, config);
%disp('Visual production complete')


%End
disp('ESDC complete')
eval_total_time(t_0, t_end=now)


endfunction