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Simulation of biological systems frequently results in models, that are very complicated and their solution on conventional computers may therefore be time-consuming. There is a growing interest to use computers with internal parallelism and/or pipelining in this field. In this article we consider some aspects of the parallel simulation of biological systems. A general consideration on multicomputers in simulation is presented. Simulation of biological systems and its needs for advanced computer tools is analyzed. Finally, we give an example of biological systems simulation on the multiprocessor AD10. The emphasis is on models characterized by ordinary differential equations.
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Kerckhoffs, E.J.H., Vansteenkiste, G.C. (1990). Parallel Processing In Biological Systems. In: Möller, D.P.F. (eds) Advanced Simulation in Biomedicine. Advances in Simulation, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8614-6_1
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