Title :
Time accountability for lattice computers
Author :
Sanchez, Mario R. ; Shende, Anil M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
Computers that emulate reality must be bound by the same, often inexplicable, contentious concepts that we take for granted while producing meaningful results. We present three important aspects of time that are required by such emulating computers-the lattice computers-in order to accurately and effectively simulate motion of objects in real space. We first provide a mechanical overview of the lattice computer so as to afford an understanding of our methods and the associated time-related issues. We apply a universal clock theory to lattice computers so as to synchronize message passing between processors. A linearly proportional correlation between the time element of motion in the lattice computer and that of an object in real space is described. Lastly, we define the means by which the lattice computer can account for the time continuum in order to accurately emulate factors inherent to motion in real space
Keywords :
clocks; digital simulation; kinematics; message passing; multiprocessing systems; physics computing; special purpose computers; synchronisation; temporal reasoning; emulating computers; kinematics; lattice computers; linearly proportional correlation; mechanics; message-passing synchronization; object motion simulation; real space; time accountability; time continuum; universal clock theory; Clocks; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Databases; Embedded computing; Lattices; Mathematics; Space exploration; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Temporal Representation and Reasoning, 1996. (TIME '96), Proceedings., Third International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Key West, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7528-4
DOI :
10.1109/TIME.1996.555702