A portable parallel environment for complex systems simulation through cellular automata networks

被引:2
作者
DiNapoli, C
Giordano, M
Furnari, MM
Napolitano, R
机构
[1] Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR, 80072 Arco Felice (Napoli)
[2] Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Naples
[3] Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Cibernetica, Naples
关键词
cellular automata; physical system simulation; parallelism; portability;
D O I
10.1016/S1383-7621(96)00026-4
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
In this paper we describe the Parallel Environment for Cellular Automata Network Simulation (PECANS) we developed to deal with the simulation of complex systems. It provides a user-friendly environment in which all the aspects of the simulation activity can be easily carried out. In particular we describe how the PECANS environment allowed us to easily port it on different architectures, both sequential and parallel ones. Some experimental results are also reported.
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页码:341 / 350
页数:10
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