A benchmarking system for MBS simulation software: Problem standardization and performance measurement

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-190

  Gonzalez M ^a   Dopico, D ^a   Lugris U ^a   Cuadrado, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Benchmarking; Efficiency; Multibody dynamics; Performance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCURACY; APPLICATION SOFTWARE; BENCHMARKING SYSTEM; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; MULTIBODY SYSTEM (MBS) SIMULATION TOOLS;

MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748058853     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-006-9020-8     Document Type: Article

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