Large-Scale Simulation

Dan Chen is a professor and director of the Scientific Computing Lab at the China University of Geosciences. His research interests include computer-based modeling and simulation, high performance computing, and neuroinformatics. Lizhe Wang is a professor at the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Wang is also a "ChuTian Scholar" Chair Professor at the China University of Geosciences, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of ACM. His research interests include high performance computing, grid/cloud computing, and data-intensive computing. Jingying Chen is a professor in the National Engineering Centre for e-Learning at Huazhong Normal University. Her research interests include intelligent systems, computer vision, and pattern recognition.

FUNDAMENTALS: Introduction. Background and Fundamentals. MIDDLEWARE AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES: A Decoupled Federate Architecture. Fault-Tolerant HLA-Based Distributed Simulations. Synchronization in Federation Community Networks. EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS: Theory and Issues in Distributed Simulation Cloning. Alternative Solutions for Cloning in HLA-Based Distributed Simulation. Managing Scenarios. Algorithms for Distributed Simulation Cloning. Experiments and Results of Simulation Cloning Algorithms. APPLICATIONS: Hybrid Modeling and Simulation of a Huge Crowd over an HGA. Massively Parallel M&S of a Large Crowd with GPGPU. Index.