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- Title
Tutorial: Parallel Computing of Simulation Models for Risk Analysis.
- Authors
Reilly, Allison C.; Staid, Andrea; Gao, Michael; Guikema, Seth D.
- Abstract
Simulation models are widely used in risk analysis to study the effects of uncertainties on outcomes of interest in complex problems. Often, these models are computationally complex and time consuming to run. This latter point may be at odds with time-sensitive evaluations or may limit the number of parameters that are considered. In this article, we give an introductory tutorial focused on parallelizing simulation code to better leverage modern computing hardware, enabling risk analysts to better utilize simulation-based methods for quantifying uncertainty in practice. This article is aimed primarily at risk analysts who use simulation methods but do not yet utilize parallelization to decrease the computational burden of these models. The discussion is focused on conceptual aspects of embarrassingly parallel computer code and software considerations. Two complementary examples are shown using the languages MATLAB and R. A brief discussion of hardware considerations is located in the Appendix.
- Subjects
RISK assessment -- Mathematical models; PARALLEL computers; COMPUTER simulation; COMPUTER programming; MATLAB (Computer software)
- Publication
Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 2016, Vol 36, Issue 10, p1844
- ISSN
0272-4332
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/risa.12565