Design of a High Performance Concurrent Simulation system

Abstract

We investigate methodologies and tools for the deployment of massively parallel simulation-oriented computations on a variety of hardware platforms, particularly heterogeneous networks of workstations. The underlying ideas are based in part on the prize-winning performance of the EcliPSe parallel simulation toolkit in the 1992 Gordon Bell Prize competition. The primary motivation is that the replication of computations involving statistical sampling be deployable through a transparent use of sequential codes. A major goal of this research is the design and experimental development of a high-performance simulation environment which enables large-scale computations in different problem domains. Besides execution performance, the research emphasizes low-effort and rapid simulator development, a feature invaluable in experimental research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA332431

Entities

People

  • Vaidy Sunderam
  • Vernon Rego

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Distributed Computing
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Heterogeneous Networks
  • Materials Science
  • Network Computing
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Software Development
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Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.