Document Type

Technical Report

Department

Computer Science and Engineering

Publication Date

1997-01-01

Filename

WUCS-97-27.PDF

DOI:

10.7936/K7N8780V

Technical Report Number

WUCS-97-27

Abstract

Computational steering, the interactive adjustment of application parameters and allocation of resources, is a promising technique for higher-productivity simulation, finer-grained optimization of dynamically varying algorithms, and greater understanding of program behavior and the characteristics of data sets and solution spaces. Tools for computational steering must provide monitoring, visualization, and interaction facilities. In addition, these tools must address issues related to the consistency, latency, and scalability at each of these phases, and must consider the perturbation that results. In this paper we describe transaction-based components for a computational steering system and present an approach that guarantees consistent monitoring and displays, supports scalable monitoring, and provides the user with the ability to adjust the tradeoffs among lag, consistency and perturbation.

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Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7N8780V

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