Mr. William C. Cave Profile

William C. Cave

CEO at Prediction Systems Inc

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2005 Paper

The effects of parallel processing architectures on discrete event simulation

William Cave, Edward Slatt, Robert Wassmer

Proceedings Volume 5805, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603957

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Parallel computing, Systems modeling, Computer architecture, Computer simulations, Parallel processing, Data processing, Visual process modeling, Mathematical modeling, Visualization

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As systems become more complex, particularly those containing embedded decision algorithms, mathematical modeling presents a rigid framework that often impedes representation to a sufficient level of detail. Using discrete event simulation, one can build models that more closely represent physical reality, with actual algorithms incorporated in the simulations. Higher levels of detail increase simulation run time. Hardware designers have succeeded in producing parallel and distributed processor computers with theoretical speeds well into the teraflop range. However, the practical use of these machines on all but some very special problems is extremely limited. The inability to use this power is due to great difficulties encountered when trying to translate real world problems into software that makes effective use of highly parallel machines. This paper addresses the application of parallel processing to simulations of real world systems of varying inherent parallelism. It provides a brief background in modeling and simulation validity and describes a parameter that can be used in discrete event simulation to vary opportunities for parallel processing at the expense of absolute time synchronization and is constrained by validity. It focuses on the effects of model architecture, run-time software architecture, and parallel processor architecture on speed, while providing an environment where modelers can achieve sufficient model accuracy to produce valid simulation results. It describes an approach to simulation development that captures subject area expert knowledge to leverage inherent parallelism in systems in the following ways: * Data structures are separated from instructions to track which instruction sets share what data. This is used to determine independence and thus the potential for concurrent processing at run-time. * Model connectivity (independence) can be inspected visually to determine if the inherent parallelism of a physical system is properly represented. Models need not be changed to move from a single processor to parallel processor hardware architectures. * Knowledge of the architectural parallelism is stored within the system and used during run time to allocate processors to processes in a maximally efficient way.

Proceedings Article | 4 September 2003 Paper

Theoretical underpinnings of predictive battlespace awareness

Timothy Busch, William Cave

Proceedings Volume 5091, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.500932

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Probability theory, Complex systems, Computing systems, Radar, Weapons, Systems modeling, Analytical research, Embedded systems, Switches

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