Solving Computationally Intensive Engineering Problems on the Grid Using Problem Solving Environments

  • Christopher E. Goodyer
  • Martin Berzins
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12.6 Conclusions and Future Directions

The use of problem-solving environments provide a visually striking and powerful tool for both developers and users of application code. The visualizations provided allow real-time evaluation of the results generated, and computational steering enables interactivity with running simula- tions. The use of PSEs will grow as even computationally light applications benefit from such techniques.

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Shared Memory Message Passing Interface Grid Resource Grid Application Grid Process 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Christopher E. Goodyer
    • 1
  • Martin Berzins
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Computational PDEs Unit, School of ComputingUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
  2. 2.SCI InstituteUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUSA

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