Project Overview


      The Dow Jones project is based upon a simulation of the
      New York Stock Exchange
      The Dow Jones index was created in 1998 by 2 journalists named 
      Charles Dow and Eddy Jones. 
      They worked at the Wall Street journal.
 
      The project interface is presented in the "Download Center".

      For further information, please feel free to contact directly the authors.

      Following is a list of all the shares being taken into accound to
      compute the Dow-Jones value.

  • Alcoa
  • Allied Signal
  • American Express
  • AT & T
  • Bethlehem
  • Boeing Co
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • Chevron Corp.
  • Coca-Cola Co
  • Disney Corp.
  • Du Pont Nemours&Co
  • Eastman Kodak Co
  • Exxon Corp.
  • Gen. Motors Corp.
  • Gen. Electric Co
  • Goodyear T & Rubble
  • IBM
  • Intl Paper
  • J.P. Morgan Co
  • Mc Donalds Co
  • Merck & Co.Inc.
  • Minnesota Mng.&Mfg.
  • Philip Moris
  • Procter & Gamble C
  • Sears Roebuck & Co
  • Texaco
  • Union Carb.
  • Utd Technol
  • Westingh. Electric
  • Woolworth

Project design

The project consists of a simple multi-client/server application.
The simulator updates a file on the server disk and then
different client (having different graphical representations)
reach the server and get the information in real-time.