Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language
With Kieran Alden, Paul S. Andrews, James L. Bown, Alastair Droop, Richard B. Greaves, Mark Read, Adam T. Sampson, Jon Timmis, Alan F.T. Winfield
Authors: Stepney, Susan, Polack, Fiona A.C.
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- Shows how to engineer trustworthy simulations that are scientifically useful and scientifically credible
- Valuable resource for domain scientists and simulation software engineers
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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.
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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CoSMoS: rationale and concepts
Pages 3-24
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What’s in it for me?
Pages 25-41
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The CoSMoS approach in miniature
Pages 43-88
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The CoSMoS simulation pattern
Pages 91-116
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Discovery phase patterns: building the domain model
Pages 117-145
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language
- Book Subtitle
- With Kieran Alden, Paul S. Andrews, James L. Bown, Alastair Droop, Richard B. Greaves, Mark Read, Adam T. Sampson, Jon Timmis, Alan F.T. Winfield
- Authors
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- Susan Stepney
- Fiona A.C. Polack
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-01938-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-01938-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-01937-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-13202-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 355
- Number of Illustrations
- 12 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
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