Automating Embedded Analysis Capabilities and Managing Software Complexity in Multiphysics Simulation, Part I: Template-Based Generic Programming

Pawlowski, Roger P.; Phipps, Eric T.; Salinger, Andrew G.

doi:10.1155/2012/202071

Title: Automating Embedded Analysis Capabilities and Managing Software Complexity in Multiphysics Simulation, Part I: Template-Based Generic Programming

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An approach for incorporating embedded simulation and analysis capabilities in complex simulation codes through template-based generic programming is presented. This approach relies on templating and operator overloading within the C++ language to transform a given calculation into one that can compute a variety of additional quantities that are necessary for many state-of-the-art simulation and analysis algorithms. An approach for incorporating these ideas into complex simulation codes through general graph-based assembly is also presented. These ideas have been implemented within a set of packages in the Trilinos framework and are demonstrated on a simple problem from chemical engineering.

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Pawlowski, Roger P. ^[1]; Phipps, Eric T. ^[1]; Salinger, Andrew G. ^[1]

Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1197987

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Scientific Programming

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Scientific Programming Journal Volume: 20 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1058-9244

Publisher:: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Country of Publication:: Egypt

Language:: English

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                    Pawlowski, Roger P., Phipps, Eric T., and Salinger, Andrew G. Automating Embedded Analysis Capabilities and Managing Software Complexity in Multiphysics Simulation, Part I: Template-Based Generic Programming.  Egypt: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Pawlowski, Roger P., Phipps, Eric T., & Salinger, Andrew G. Automating Embedded Analysis Capabilities and Managing Software Complexity in Multiphysics Simulation, Part I: Template-Based Generic Programming.  Egypt.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/202071

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"Automating Embedded Analysis Capabilities and Managing Software Complexity in Multiphysics Simulation, Part I: Template-Based Generic Programming".  Egypt.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/202071.

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  title        = {Automating Embedded Analysis Capabilities and Managing Software Complexity in Multiphysics Simulation, Part I: Template-Based Generic Programming},

  author       = {Pawlowski, Roger P. and Phipps, Eric T. and Salinger, Andrew G.},

  abstractNote = {An approach for incorporating embedded simulation and analysis capabilities in complex simulation codes through template-based generic programming is presented. This approach relies on templating and operator overloading within the C++ language to transform a given calculation into one that can compute a variety of additional quantities that are necessary for many state-of-the-art simulation and analysis algorithms. An approach for incorporating these ideas into complex simulation codes through general graph-based assembly is also presented. These ideas have been implemented within a set of packages in the Trilinos framework and are demonstrated on a simple problem from chemical engineering.},

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  journal      = {Scientific Programming},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 20,

  place        = {Egypt},

  year         = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012},

  month        = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012}

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