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Rapid prototyping frameworks for developing scientific applications: A case study

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In this paper, we describe a Python-based framework for the rapid prototyping of scientific applications. A case study was performed using a problem specification developed for Marmot, a project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory aimed at re-factoring standard physics codes into reusable and extensible components. Components were written in Python, ZPL, Fortran, and C++ following the Marmot component design. We evaluate our solution both qualitatively and quantitatively by comparing it to a single-language version written in C.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States Department of Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-36, LA-UR-04-4655.

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Rickett, C.D., Choi, SE., Rasmussen, C.E. et al. Rapid prototyping frameworks for developing scientific applications: A case study. J Supercomput 36, 123–134 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-006-7953-6

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