Nimrod: a tool for performing parametrised simulations using distributed workstations

Author

Abramson, D. ; Sosic, R. ; Giddy, J. ; Hall, B.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Griffith Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

fYear

1995

fDate

2-4 Aug 1995

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

121

Abstract

This paper discusses Nimrod, a tool for performing parametrised simulations over networks of loosely coupled workstations. Using Nimrod the user interactively generates a parametrised experiment. Nimrod then controls the distribution of jobs to machines and the collection of results. A simple graphical user interface which is built for each application allows the user to view the simulation in terms of their problem domain. The current version of Nimrod is implemented above OSF DCE and runs on DEC Alpha and IBM RS6000 workstations (including a 22 node SP2). Two different case studies are discussed as an illustration of the utility of the system

Keywords

digital simulation; distributed processing; performance evaluation; DEC Alpha; IBM RS6000 workstations; Nimrod; distributed workstations; graphical user interface; loosely coupled workstations; parametrised simulations; Aerospace safety; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Cost function; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Parametric study; Shape; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Distributed Computing, 1995., Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1082-8907

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7088-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPDC.1995.518701

Filename

518701