Desktop Grid Computing for Commercial Simulation Packages: Application of Desktop Grid Computing and Parallel & Distributed Simulation Techniques for Simulation Experimentation - Softcover

Mustafee, Navonil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 384841872X ISBN 13: 9783848418725

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Collaborative research has facilitated the development of distributed systems that provide users non-trivial access to geographically dispersed resources that are administered in multiple computer domains. The term grid computing is popularly used to refer to such distributed systems. Scientific simulations have traditionally been the primary benefactor of grid computing. The application of this technology to simulation in industry has, however, been negligible. In this book the author investigates the application of grid technology for effective use by simulation practitioners using Windows-based Commercially-available Simulation Packages (CSPs) to model simulations in industry. Towards this end, specific grid computing services and software (grid middleware) are identified and its application demonstrated through use of case studies. With its focus on end-users and end-user tools, it is intended that this book will encourage wider adoption of grid computing in the workplace and that simulation users will derive benefit from using this technology.

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About the Author

Dr. Navonil Mustafee is a lecturer in Operations Management and IS in the College of Business, Economics & Law, Swansea University (UK). He has over sixty peer-reviewed publications in areas such as desktop grid computing, parallel and distributed simulation, simulation model reusability, healthcare simulation, and bibliometric/meta-data analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 384841872X
• ISBN 13: 9783848418725
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 488