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Experiences with asynchronous parallel molecular dynamics simulations

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This article provides some insight in the runtime behavior of asynchronous methods for parallel molecular dynamics simulations that we recently introduced. From this, the advantages of the asynchronous mode of operation becomes very obvious, i.e. the abilities to hide message passing latencies, to reduce network congestion and to level out processing power and/or load fluctuations. The conclusions are validated by simulation runs on a network of up to 12 workstations, comparing the results to a synchronous mode of execution.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Betriebssysteme, RWTH Aachen, Kopernikusstr. 16, D-52056, Aachen, Germany

    Marcus Dormanns & Walter Sprangers

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Heather Liddell Adrian Colbrook Bob Hertzberger Peter Sloot

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Dormanns, M., Sprangers, W. (1996). Experiences with asynchronous parallel molecular dynamics simulations. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_550

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