A web application for distributed computing: Solving a typical statistical problem in industry

A web application of scientific computing over the Internet is presented, for distributed computing, parallel programming in MPI, using the resolution of a typical statistical problem in packaging. This problem is found in many industries, and is solved empirically. As no analytical solution seems viable, a Monte Carlo approach was adopted. After briefly describing a previous series programming solution of the problem, its parallel programming version is detailed. From the authors´ experience, the web environment is clearly recommended for scientific computing, for academic and industrial purposes.