Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language: With Kieran Alden, Paul S. Andrews, James L. Bown, Alastair Droop, Richard B. Greaves, Mark Read, Adam T. Sampson, Jon Timmis, Alan F.T. Winfield

Stepney, Susan (Author)/ Polack, Fiona A.C. (Author)

ISBN 10: 3030019373 / ISBN 13: 9783030019372

Published by Springer, 2018

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368 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.02 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language: With Kieran Alden, Paul S. Andrews, James L. Bown, Alastair Droop, Richard B. Greaves, Mark Read, Adam T. Sampson, Jon Timmis, Alan F.T. Winfield
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030019373
• ISBN 13: 9783030019372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.84 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book describes CoSMoS (Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation), a pattern-based approach to engineering trustworthy simulations that are both scientifically useful to the researcher and scientifically credible to third parties. This approach emphasises three key aspects to this development of a simulation as a scientific instrument: the use of explicit models to capture the scientific domain, the engineered simulation platform, and the experimental results of running simulations; the use of arguments to provide evidence that the scientific instrument is fit for purpose; and the close co-working of domain scientists and simulation software engineers.

In Part I the authors provide a managerial overview: the rationale for and benefits of using the CoSMoS approach, and a small worked example to demonstrate it in action. Part II is a catalogue of the core patterns. Part III lists more specific “helper” patterns, showing possible routes to a simulation. Finally Part IV documents CellBranch, a substantial case study developed using the CoSMoS approach.