We thank Kevin McGrattan, Simo Hostikka, Jason Floyd, Bryan Klein, and Glenn Forney in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. They are the primary authors of the Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview, without which PyroSim would not exist. They have been gracious in their responses to our many questions.
Development of PyroSim was originally supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DMI-0232401 and DMI-0349759. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.