TR-COSC 08/98
Akaroa2: Exploiting Network Computing by Distributing Stochastic Simulation
G. Ewing, K. Pawlikowski and D. McNickle
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury
Abstract
In this paper we discuss an application of network computing
in the area of stochastic simulation. We focus on main programming
issues associated with designing of the latest version of AKAROA2, a
simulation package in which network computing is applied in a
practical and user-friendly way. This implemention is based on
Multiple Replications In Parallel (MRIP) scenario of distributed
simulation, in which multiple computers of a network operate as
concurrent simulation engines generating statistically equivalent
simulation output data, and submitting them to global data analysers
responsible for analysis of the final results and for stopping the
simulation. The MRIP scenario can achieve speedup equal to the number
of processors used.
Keywords: distributed computing, distributed simulation, stochastic
simulation
