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

Simulation Series

Volumn 42, Issue 1 BOOK 4, 2010, Pages 191-198

  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; CYTOLOGY; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

CELLS;

EID: 84887103269     PISSN: 07359276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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