High-performance distributed multi-model / multi-kernel simulations: A case-study in jungle computing

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 26th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 150-162

  Drost, Niels ^a   Maassen, Jason ^a   Van Meersbergen, Maarten A J ^a   Bal, Henri E ^a   Pelupessy, F Inti ^b   Zwart, Simon Portegies ^b   Kliphuis, Michael ^c   Dijkstra, Henk A ^c   Seinstra, Frank J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distributed Computing; High Performance Computing; Jungle Computing; Multi Model Simulations

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTE RESOURCES; COMPUTING SYSTEM; DESKTOP GRID; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; JUNGLE COMPUTING; MULTI-KERNEL; MULTI-MODEL; MULTIPLE MODELS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING MODELS; RUNNING APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MOBILE DEVICES; MODELS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84867407798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPSW.2012.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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