Computational Frameworks

1: How Can Modeling and Simulation Help Engineering of System of Systems?

• Abstract
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Background
• 1.3 Positive and negative emergence
• 1.4 Emergence in National Healthcare Systems
• 1.5 DEVS coordination pathways
• 1.6 Example: coordinated HIV-AIDS care system model
• 1.7 Conclusions and further research

2: Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Federations in Support of New Medical Simulation Concepts: Harmonics for the Music of Life

• Abstract
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches
• 2.3 M&S processes
• 2.4 Hybrid M&S solutions
• 2.5 Medical simulation in support of systems biology
• 2.6 Concluding remarks

3: Heterogeneous Computing: An Emerging Paradigm of Embedded Systems Design

• Abstract
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 MCSoC building blocks
• 3.3 MCSoC memory hierarchy
• 3.4 Memory consistency in multicore systems
• 3.5 Conclusion

4: Numerical Reproducibility of Parallel and Distributed Stochastic Simulation Using High-Performance Computing

• Abstract
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Reproducibility and its usefulness for parallel simulation
• 4.3 Why do we encounter non-reproducibility?
• 4.4 Some recommendations
• 4.5 Conclusion