Added example script that uses multithreading to speed up simulation

simulation_with_pool.py

+""" This is a script that generates the basic functionality of the
+EE194_Manduca_Simulator package with multithreading support"""
+import multiprocessing
+from manduca import SimpleManduca, EvolutionSimulator
+
+try:
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(int(0.9*multiprocessing.cpu_count()))
+    
+    POPULATION_SIZE, NUM_GENERATIONS= 10, 25
+    num_legs, time_segments, time_step = 2, 4, 10
+    
+    def random_manduca():
+        return SimpleManduca.random_individual(num_legs, time_segments, time_step)
+    
+    simulator = EvolutionSimulator((random_manduca, POPULATION_SIZE), pool=pool)
+    simulator.run_simulation(NUM_GENERATIONS)
+    print simulator.history[-1]
+finally:
+    pool.close()                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
+    pool.join()