Title :
Scalability of parallel simulation cloning
Author :
Hybinette, Maria ; Fujimoto, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Georgia Univ., Athens, GA, USA
Abstract :
In previous work we presented an algorithm for cloning parallel simulations that enables multiple simulated execution paths to be explored simultaneously. The method is targeted for parallel discrete event simulators that provide the simulation application developer a logical process (LP) execution model. The cloning algorithm gains efficiency by cloning logical processes only as necessary. In this work we examine the scalability of cloning in detail. Specifically, we examine how the number of clones impacts the performance of cloning as we vary the "size" of the simulation problem.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; parallel programming; cloning mechanism; discrete event simulators; logical process; logical process execution model; parallel simulations; simulation cloning; speedup; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Cloning; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Scalability; Telecommunication traffic; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Symposium, 2002. Proceedings. 35th Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1552-5
DOI :
10.1109/SIMSYM.2002.1000164
