Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language

Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language 语言: With Kieran Alden,Paul S. Andrews,James L. Bown,Alastair Droop,Richard B. … T. Sampson,Jon Timmis,Alan F.T. Winfield
Authors: Susan Stepney – Fiona A.C. Polack
ISBN-10: 3030019373
ISBN-13: 9783030019372
Edition 版本: 1st ed. 2018
Publication Date 出版日期: 2018-11-01
Pages: 355 pages
Book Description
This book describes CoSMoS (Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation),a pattern-based approach to engineering trustworthy simulations that are both scientifically useful to the researcher and scientifically credible to third parties. This approach emphasises three key aspects to this development of a simulation as a scientific instrument: the use of explicit models to capture the scientific domain,the engineered simulation platform,and the experimental results of running simulations; the use of arguments to provide evidence that the scientific instrument is fit for purpose; and the close co-working of domain scientists and simulation software engineers.
In Part I the authors provide a managerial overview: the rationale for and benefits of using the CoSMoS approach,and a small worked example to demonstrate it in action. Part II is a catalogue of the core patterns. Part III lists more specific “helper” patterns,showing possible routes to a simulation. Finally Part IV documents CellBranch,a substantial case study developed using the CoSMoS approach.