Accelerating large-scale DEVS-based simulation on the Cell processor

Spring Simulation Multiconference 2010, SpringSim'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liu, Qi ^a   Wainer, Gabriel ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell processor; Cell DEVS; DEVS; Discrete event simulation; Multicore computing; Parallel simulation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROCESSOR; CELL-DEVS; DEVS; MULTI-CORE COMPUTING; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 78650618430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1878537.1878667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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