Stepney, Susan, Pollack, Fiona, Alden, Kieran, Andrews, Paul, Bown, James, Droop, Alistair, Greaves, Richard, Read, Mark, Sampson, Adam, Timmis, Jonathan and Winfield, Alan (2019) Engineering Simulations as Scientific Instruments: A Pattern Language. Springer. ISBN 9783030019389
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Depositing User: | Jonathan Timmis |
| URI: | https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/11860 |
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