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- Describes the CoSMoS (Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation) approach
- 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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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview of the CoSMoS approach
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Front Matter
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The CoSMoS Helper Patterns
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, York, UK
Susan Stepney
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School of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK
Fiona A.C. Polack
Bibliographic Information
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: Susan Stepney, Fiona A.C. Polack
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01938-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01937-2Published: 12 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13202-6Published: 10 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01938-9Published: 01 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 355
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour