• DocumentCode
    1805743
  • 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
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    19-20 May 1996
  • Firstpage
    211
  • Lastpage
    216
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIME.1996.555702
  • Filename
    555702