Title :
Gaining insight from supercomputing
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Abstract :
Supercomputers play important roles in various areas of science. But perhaps the greatest value of them lies in their ability to help scientists gain insight or understanding. They do this by enabling scientists to treat complexity in models that is not otherwise tractable, by enabling scientists to study phenomena that are difficult to study experimentally and by helping to test theory. This paper discusses associated examples.
Keywords :
Equations; Numerical simulation; Ocean temperature; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Supercomputers; Testing; Vector processors;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1984.12813
