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Ten organising principles for coupling in multiphysics and multiscale models.

Journal Article · · ANZIAM J.
OSTI ID:958010

Computational science faces new challenges posed by multiphysics and multiscale, or more generally put, coupled models. These systems are composites formed from separate subsystem models that interact via data exchanges. These data dependencies pose a coupling problem, and on distributed-memory computers, a parallel coupling problem. This paper presents a definition of terms and a set of organizing principles for the coupling and parallel coupling problems. It is meant as a first step towards creating a theory of coupled models. These principles are then employed in a case study of a coupled climate model and offer remarkable insight into its structure.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC; Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
958010
Report Number(s):
ANL/MCS/JA-59276
Journal Information:
ANZIAM J., Journal Name: ANZIAM J. Journal Issue: 2009 Vol. 48; ISSN 1446-1811
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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