Distributed Simulation of Large Computer Systems

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2001-01-11
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Sequentialsimulationoflargecomplexphysicalsystemsisoftenregardedasacomputationallyexpensivetask.Inordertospeed-upcomplexdiscrete-eventsimulations,theparadigmofParallelandDistributedDiscreteEventSimulation(PDES)hasbeenintroducedsincethelate70s.Inthispaperwe'llanalyzetheapplicabilityofPDEStothemodelingandanalysisoflargecomputersystem;suchsystemsareincreasinglycommonintheareaofHighEnergyandNuclearPhysics,becausemanymodernexperimentsmakeuseoflarge"computefarms",Somefeasibilitytestshavebeenperformedonaprototypedistributedsiumulator.