{"product_id":"large-scale-computing-techniques-for-complex-system-simulations-hardback-9780470592441","title":"Large-Scale Computing Techniques for Complex System Simulations (Hardback) 9780470592441","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLarge-Scale Computing Techniques for Complex System Simulations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWerner Dubitzky (Author), Krzysztof Kurowski (Author), Bernard Schott (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470592441, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.3 x 16.3 x 1.6 cm, 0.458 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eComplex systems modeling and simulation approaches are being adopted in a growing number of sectors, including finance, economics, biology, astronomy, and many more. Technologies ranging from distributed computing to specialized hardware are explored and developed to address the computational requirements arising in complex systems simulations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThe aim of this book is to present a representative overview of contemporary large-scale computing technologies in the context of complex systems simulations applications. The intention is to identify new research directions in this field and to provide a communications platform facilitating an exchange of concepts, ideas and needs between the scientists and technologist and complex system modelers. On the application side, the book focuses on modeling and simulation of natural and man-made complex systems. On the computing technology side, emphasis is placed on the distributed computing approaches, but supercomputing and other novel technologies are also considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword xi  \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. State-of-the-Art Technologies for Large-Scale Computing 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlorian Feldhaus, Stefan Freitag, and Chaker El Amrani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Grid Computing 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Virtualization 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Cloud Computing 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Grid and Cloud: Two Complementary Technologies 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Modeling and Simulation of Grid and Cloud Computing 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Summary and Outlook 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The e-Infrastructure Ecosystems: Providing Local Support to Global Science 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eErwin Laure and Åke Edlund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Worldwide e-Infrastructure Landscape 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 BalticGrid: A Regional e-Infrastructure, Leveraging on the Global “Mothership” EGEE 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The EGEE Infrastructure 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Industry and e-Infrastructures: The Baltic Example 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 The Future of European e-Infrastructures: The European Grid Initiative (EGI) and the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) Infrastructures 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Summary 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Accelerated Many-Core GPU Computing for Physics and Astrophysics on Three Continents 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRainer Spurzem, Peter Berczik, Ingo Berentzen, Wei Ge, Xiaowei Wang, Hsi-Yu Schive, Keigo Nitadori, Tsuyoshi Hamada, and José Fiestas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Astrophysical Application for Star Clusters and Galactic Nuclei 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Hardware 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Software 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Results of Benchmarks 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Adaptive Mesh Refinement Hydrosimulations 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Physical Multiscale Discrete Simulation at IPE 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Discussion and Conclusions 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. An Overview of the SimWorld Agent-Based Grid Experimentation Systems 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Scheutz and Jack J. Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 System Architecture 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 System Implementation 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 A SWAGES Case Study 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Discussion 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Conclusions 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Repast HPC: A Platform for Large-Scale Agent-Based Modeling 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholson Collier and Michael North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Agent Simulation 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Motivation and Related Work 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 From Repast S to Repast HPC 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Parallelism 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Implementation 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Example Application: Rumor Spreading 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Summary and Future Work 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Building and Running Collaborative Distributed Multiscale Applications 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatarzyna Rycerz and Marian Bubak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Requirements of Multiscale Simulations 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Available Technologies 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 An Environment Supporting the HLA Component Model 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Case Study with the MUSE Application 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Summary and Future Work 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Large-Scale Data-Intensive Computing 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Digital Data: Challenge and Opportunity 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Data-Intensive Computers 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Advanced Software Tools and Techniques 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Conclusion 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. A Topolpgy-Aware Evolutionary Algorithm for Reverse-Engineering Gene Regulatory Networks 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Swain, Camille Coti, Johannes Mandel, and Werner Dubitzky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Methodology 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Results and Discussion 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Conclusions 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. 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