Large-Scale Computing Techniques for Complex System Simulations (Hardcover)

Complex systems modeling and simulation approaches are being adopted in a growing number of sectors, including finance, economics, biology, astronomy, and many more. Technologies ranging from distributed computing to specialized hardware are explored and developed to address the computational requirements arising in complex systems simulations.

The aim of this book is to present a representative overview of contemporary large-scale computing technologies in the context of complex systems simulations applications. The intention is to identify new research directions in this field and to provide a communications platform facilitating an exchange of concepts, ideas and needs between the scientists and technologist and complex system modelers. On the application side, the book focuses on modeling and simulation of natural and man-made complex systems. On the computing technology side, emphasis is placed on the distributed computing approaches, but supercomputing and other novel technologies are also considered.

複雜系統建模和模擬方法正在越來越多的領域中被採用，包括金融、經濟、生物學、天文學等等。從分散式計算到專用硬體，各種技術都被探索和開發，以滿足複雜系統模擬中出現的計算需求。

本書的目的是在複雜系統模擬應用的背景下，提供對當代大規模計算技術的代表性概述。其意圖是確定這一領域的新的研究方向，並提供一個交流平台，促進科學家、技術人員和複雜系統建模者之間的概念、想法和需求的交流。在應用方面，本書專注於自然和人造複雜系統的建模和模擬。在計算技術方面，重點放在分散式計算方法上，但也考慮了超級計算和其他新技術。