The Durham Adaptive Optics Simulation Platform (DASP): Current status

@article{Basden2018TheDA,
  title={The Durham Adaptive Optics Simulation Platform (DASP): Current status},
  author={Alastair G. Basden and Nazim Ali Bharmal and D. Jenkins and T. J. Morris and James Osborn and J. Peng and Lazar Staykov},
  journal={SoftwareX},
  year={2018},
  volume={7},
  pages={63-69}
}
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