Advances in SPARK. Revision 1

Conference · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10163704

Buhl, F; Erdem, E; Nataf, J M; Winkelmann, F ^[1]; Moshier, M A ^[2]; Sowell, E F ^[3]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
2. California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States)
3. California State Univ., Fullerton, CA (United States). Dept. of Computer Science

The Simulation Problem Analysis and Research Kernel (SPARK), formerly SPANK, was originally described in a paper presented at the Second International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings in 1986. Since that time, it has undergone several enhancements and has been integrated into a larger software system for building energy analysis. Among the enhancements is the capability to simulate dynamic problems. Also, symbolic manipulation techniques are now used to generate objects and macro objects from equations expressed as text. Currently underway is the development of a graphical user interface. Newer developments include a reevaluation of the semantics of dynamic problem definition, which will ultimately result in much greater generality in user specification of numerical methods. This paper reports on these developments and indicates directions for future SPARK development.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 10163704
• Report Number(s): LBL--29419-Rev.1; CONF-901295--2-Rev.1; ON: DE94014935
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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