Programming Support for the Flexible Coupling of Distributed Software Components for Scientific Simulations

Michael Hofmann, Felix Ospald, Hansjörg Schmidt, Rolf Springer

2014

Abstract

In this article, we investigate the flexible coupling of distributed software components that are required for an optimization process of lightweight structures built from hybrid materials. The software components include computationally intensive applications for the simulation of hybrid structures, control applications for implementing the optimization process as well as data-oriented applications for the generation, management, and visualization of simulation data. The participating software components and application programs are described to demonstrate their strongly varying functionalities as well as the diversity of data exchange methods that need to be considered for the data coupling. Furthermore, we present the design and usage of a software library with transparent data coupling mechanisms for software components that are flexibly distributed among different computing resources.

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Hofmann M., Ospald F., Schmidt H. and Springer R. (2014). Programming Support for the Flexible Coupling of Distributed Software Components for Scientific Simulations . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-036-9, pages 506-511. DOI: 10.5220/0005105405060511


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@conference{icsoft-ea14,
author={Michael Hofmann and Felix Ospald and Hansjörg Schmidt and Rolf Springer},
title={Programming Support for the Flexible Coupling of Distributed Software Components for Scientific Simulations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={506-511},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005105405060511},
isbn={978-989-758-036-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2014)
TI - Programming Support for the Flexible Coupling of Distributed Software Components for Scientific Simulations
SN - 978-989-758-036-9
AU - Hofmann M.
AU - Ospald F.
AU - Schmidt H.
AU - Springer R.
PY - 2014
SP - 506
EP - 511
DO - 10.5220/0005105405060511