The Polder Computing Environment: a system for interactive distributed simulation

• Published in: Concurrency and computation Vol. 14; no. 13-15; pp. 1313 - 1335
• Main Authors: Iskra, K. A., Belleman, R. G., van Albada, G. D., Santoso, J., Sloot, P. M. A., Bal, H. E., Spoelder, H. J. W., Bubak, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.2002
• Subjects: dynamic load balancing; grid computing; immersive environment; interactive distributed simulation; problem solving environments; resource management

The paper provides an overview of an experimental, Grid‐like computing environment, Polder, and its components. Polder offers high‐performance computing and interactive simulation facilities to computational science. It was successfully implemented on a wide‐area cluster system, the Distributed ASCI...