this.N = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("N", "10000"));
this.speedVariance = Double.parseDouble(props.getProperty("speed-variance", "1"));
this.range = Double.parseDouble(props.getProperty("radar-range", "10"));
this.extrapolate = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty("extrapolate", "true"));
this.phaser = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty("phaser", "false")) ? new Phaser() : null;
if (props.getProperty("dir") != null) // collect performance metrics in csv files
createMetricsFiles(props);
println("Galaxy node: " + (glxNode > 0 ? glxNode : " NOT DISTRIBUTED"));