Run-Time Extensibility and Librarization of Simulation Software

Author

Brown, Jed ; Knepley, Matthew G. ; Smith, Barry F.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2015

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Build-time configuration and environment assumptions are hampering progress and usability in scientific software. This situation, which would be utterly unacceptable in nonscientific software, somehow passes for the norm in scientific packages. The scientific software community needs reusable, easy-to-use software packages that are flexible enough to accommodate next-generation simulation and analysis demands.

Keywords

digital simulation; natural sciences computing; software packages; build-time configuration; environment assumptions; next-generation simulation; run-time extensibility; scientific packages; scientific software community; simulation software librarization; software packages; Analytical models; Complexity theory; Computational modeling; Computer applications; Resource management; Runtime; Scientific computing; Software algorithms; Software development; extensible software; object-oriented; scientific computing; simulation; software composability; software library;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2014.95

Filename

6894481