Workflow for simulators based on finite element method

  • Authors:

  • Felix C. G. Santos;Mardoqueu Vieira;Maria Lencastre

  • Affiliations:

  • Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Recife, PE, Brazil;Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Recife, PE, Brazil;Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Recife, PE, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • ICCS'03 Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Computational science: PartII
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Current workflow systems usually do not provide adequate support for workflow modeling. Real life work processes can be much richer in variations and more dynamic than a typical workflow model is capable of expressing; this means that the users need to be able to adjust workloads and modify workflow models on the fly [10]. Plexus, a system for the development of simulators [5,6], is a typical case where such a difficulty arises. Simulators provide an economical means of understanding and evaluating the performance of abstract and real-world systems; their design and implementation is almost as complex as the systems being simulated, to be efficient they must be adaptable to an ever-increasing system complexity. The use of workflow technology helps the development of more flexible and versatile strategies. This paper proposes a workflow management framework, called GIG, for controlling the simulator workflows in the Plexus context.