The scirun problem solving environment and computational steering software system

摘要: Since the introduction of computers, scientists and engineers have attempted to harness their power simulate complex physical phenomena. Today, computer is an almost universal tool used in a wide range scientific engineering domains. Currently, organizing, running visualizing new large-scale simulation still requires hours or days researcher's time. Time effort required for data input, output conversion further slows complicates process. We present design application SCIRun, Problem Solving Environment (PSE), computational steering software system. SCIRun allows scientist engineer interactively steer computation, changing parameters, recomputing, then revisualizing all within same programming environment. The tightly integrated modular environment provided by be applied broad advanced computations. This dissertation demonstrates that can useful science, engineering, medicine applications this utility obtained providing flexible efficient infrastructure whereby disparate tools single, focused Furthermore, we demonstrate using such environment, rapidly investigate solution space iterative problems. Four are demonstrated: Torso defibrillator modeling, Monte Carlo global illumination, fluid dynamics application, atmospheric diffusion. These were selected explore gamut extensible problem solving