The CloudSME Simulation Platform and its Applications: A Generic Multi-cloud Platform for Developing and Executing Commercial Cloud-based Simulations
| Autor: | Anastasia Anagnostou, Péter Kacsuk, Joris Costes, Gabor Terstyanszky, Simon J. E. Taylor, Nicola Fantini, Tamas Kiss |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Computer Networks and Communications Computer science business.industry Distributed computing cloud computing 020206 networking & telecommunications Cloud computing 02 engineering and technology Supercomputer 7. Clean energy work-flow Variety (cybernetics) Software Workflow multi-cloud simulation Hardware and Architecture 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing business agent-based simulation |
| Zdroj: | Future Generation Computer Systems |
| Popis: | © 2018 The Authors. Simulation is used in industry to study a large variety of problems ranging from increasing the productivity of a manufacturing system to optimizing the design of a wind turbine. However, some simulation models can be computationally demanding and some simulation projects require time consuming experimentation. High performance computing infrastructures such as clusters can be used to speed up the execution of large models or multiple experiments but at a cost that is often too much for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Cloud computing presents an attractive, lower cost alternative. However, developing a cloud-based simulation application can again be costly for an SME due to training and development needs, especially if software vendors need to use resources of different heterogeneous clouds to avoid being locked-in to one particular cloud provider. In an attempt to reduce the cost of development of commercial cloud-based simulations, the CloudSME Simulation Platform (CSSP) has been developed as a generic approach that combines an AppCenter with the workflow of the WS-PGRADE/gUSE science gateway framework and the multi-cloud-based capabilities of the CloudBroker Platform. The paper presents the CSSP and two representative case studies from distinctly different areas that illustrate how commercial multi-cloud-based simulations can be created. EU FP7 CloudSME project (Project no. 608886), EU H2020 COLA project (Project no. 731574), and EU H2020 CloudiFacturing project (Project no. 768892). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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