Large-Scale Scientific Computing: 6th International Conference, LSSC 2007, Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 5-9, 2007, Revised Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4818))

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, LSSC 2007, held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in June 2007. The 81 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on robust multilevel and hierarchical preconditioning methods; monte carlo: tools, applications, distributed computing; operator splittings, their application and realization; recent advances in methods and applications for large scale computations and optimization of coupled engineering problems; control systems; environmental modelling; computational grid and large-scale problems; application of metaheuristics to large-scale problems; and contributed talks. Front Matter....Pages - Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Mesh Independent Convergence Rates Via Differential Operator Pairs....Pages 3-15 Bridging Methods for Coupling Atomistic and Continuum Models....Pages 16-27 Parallelization of Advection-Diffusion-Chemistry Modules....Pages 28-39 Comments on the GMRES Convergence for Preconditioned Systems....Pages 40-51 Optimization Based Stabilization of Nonlinear Control Systems....Pages 52-65 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 On Smoothing Surfaces in Voxel Based Finite Element Analysis of Trabecular Bone....Pages 69-77 Application of Hierarchical Decomposition: Preconditioners and Error Estimates for Conforming and Nonconforming FEM....Pages 78-85 Multilevel Preconditioning of Rotated Trilinear Non-conforming Finite Element Problems....Pages 86-95 A Fixed-Grid Finite Element Algebraic Multigrid Approach for Interface Shape Optimization Governed by 2-Dimensional Magnetostatics....Pages 96-104 The Effect of a Minimum Angle Condition on the Preconditioning of the Pivot Block Arising from 2-Level-Splittings of Crouzeix-Raviart FE-Spaces....Pages 105-112 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Development of a 3D Parallel Finite Element Monte Carlo Simulator for Nano-MOSFETs....Pages 115-122 Numerical Study of Algebraic Problems Using Stochastic Arithmetic....Pages 123-130 Monte Carlo Simulation of GaN Diode Including Intercarrier Interactions....Pages 131-138 Wigner Ensemble Monte Carlo: Challenges of 2D Nano-Device Simulation....Pages 139-147 Monte Carlo Simulation for Reliability Centered Maintenance Management....Pages 148-156 Monte Carlo Algorithm for Mobility Calculations in Thin Body Field Effect Transistors: Role of Degeneracy and Intersubband Scattering....Pages 157-164 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 A Parallel Combustion Solver within an Operator Splitting Context for Engine Simulations on Grids....Pages 167-174 Identifying the Stationary Viscous Flows Around a Circular Cylinder at High Reynolds Numbers....Pages 175-183 On the Richardson Extrapolation as Applied to the Sequential Splitting Method....Pages 184-191 A Penalty-Projection Method Using Staggered Grids for Incompressible Flows....Pages 192-200 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 Qualitatively Correct Discretizations in an Air Pollution Model....Pages 201-208 Limit Cycles and Bifurcations in a Biological Clock Model....Pages 209-216 Large Matrices Arising in Traveling Wave Bifurcations....Pages 217-224 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Parallel Implementation of LQG Balanced Truncation for Large-Scale Systems....Pages 227-234 Finite Element Solution of Optimal Control Problems Arising in Semiconductor Modeling....Pages 235-242 Orthogonality Measures and Applications in Systems Theory in One and More Variables....Pages 243-250 DNS and LES of Scalar Transport in a Turbulent Plane Channel Flow at Low Reynolds Number....Pages 251-258 Adaptive Path Following Primal Dual Interior Point Methods for Shape Optimization of Linear and Nonlinear Stokes Flow Problems....Pages 259-266 Analytical Effective Coefficient and First-Order Approximation to Linear Darcy’s Law through Block Inclusions....Pages 267-274 Front Matter....Pages 275-275 Optimal Control for Lotka-Volterra Systems with a Hunter Population....Pages 277-284 Modeling Supply Shocks in Optimal Control Models of Illicit Drug Consumption....Pages 285-292 Multicriteria Optimal Control and Vectorial Hamilton-Jacobi Equation....Pages 293-299 Descent-Penalty Methods for Relaxed Nonlinear Elliptic Optimal Control Problems....Pages 300-308 Approximation of the Solution Set of Impulsive Systems....Pages 309-316 Lipschitz Stability of Broken Extremals in Bang-Bang Control Problems....Pages 317-325 On State Estimation Approaches for Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Quadratic Nonlinearity: Theory and Computer Simulations....Pages 326-333 Using the Escalator Boxcar Train to Determine the Optimal Management of a Size-Distributed Forest When Carbon Sequestration Is Taken into Account....Pages 334-341 On Optimal Redistributive Capital Income Taxation....Pages 342-349 Numerical Methods for Robust Control....Pages 350-357 Runge-Kutta Schemes in Control Constrained Optimal Control....Pages 358-365 Front Matter....Pages 275-275 Optimal Control of a Class of Size-Structured Systems....Pages 366-373 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 Modelling Evaluation of Emission Scenario Impact in Northern Italy....Pages 377-384 Modelling of Airborne Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter with the EUROS-Model....Pages 385-392 Comparative Study with Data Assimilation Experiments Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Method....Pages 393-400 Effective Indices for Emissions from Road Transport....Pages 401-409 On the Numerical Solution of the Heat Transfer Equation in the Process of Freeze Drying....Pages 410-416 Results Obtained with a Semi-lagrangian Mass-Integrating Transport Algorithm by Using the GME Grid....Pages 417-424 The Evaluation of the Thermal Behaviour of an Underground Repository of the Spent Nuclear Fuel....Pages 425-432 Study of the Pollution Exchange between Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece....Pages 433-441 A Collaborative Working Environment for a Large Scale Environmental Model....Pages 442-449 Advances on Real-Time Air Quality Forecasting Systems for Industrial Plants and Urban Areas by Using the MM5-CMAQ-EMIMO....Pages 450-457 Front Matter....Pages 459-459 Ultra-fast Semiconductor Carrier Transport Simulation on the Grid....Pages 461-469 Simple Grid Access for Parameter Study Applications....Pages 470-475 A Report on the Effect of Heterogeneity of the Grid Environment on a Grid Job....Pages 476-483 Agents as Resource Brokers in Grids — Forming Agent Teams....Pages 484-491 Parallel Dictionary Compression Using Grid Technologies....Pages 492-499 A Gradient Hybrid Parallel Algorithm to One-Parameter Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems....Pages 500-507 Quantum Random Bit Generator Service for Monte Carlo and Other Stochastic Simulations....Pages 508-515 A Hierarchical Approach in Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms for Multiobjective Optimization....Pages 516-523 Front Matter....Pages 525-525 Optimal Wireless Sensor Network Layout with Metaheuristics: Solving a Large Scale Instance....Pages 527-535 Front Matter....Pages 525-525 Semi-dynamic Demand in a Non-permutation Flowshop with Constrained Resequencing Buffers....Pages 536-544 Probabilistic Model of Ant Colony Optimization for Multiple Knapsack Problem....Pages 545-552 An Ant-Based Model for Multiple Sequence Alignment....Pages 553-560 An Algorithm for the Frequency Assignment Problem in the Case of DVB-T Allotments....Pages 561-568 Optimizing the Broadcast in MANETs Using a Team of Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 569-576 Ant Colony Models for a Virtual Educational Environment Based on a Multi-Agent System....Pages 577-584 Simulated Annealing Optimization of Multi-element Synthetic Aperture Imaging Systems....Pages 585-592 Adaptive Heuristic Applied to Large Constraint Optimisation Problem....Pages 593-600 Parameter Estimation of a Monod-Type Model Based on Genetic Algorithms and Sensitivity Analysis....Pages 601-608 Analysis of Distributed Genetic Algorithms for Solving a Strip Packing Problem....Pages 609-617 Computer Mediated Communication and Collaboration in a Virtual Learning Environment Based on a Multi-agent System with Wasp-Like Behavior....Pages 618-625 Design of 2-D Approximately Zero-Phase Separable IIR Filters Using Genetic Algorithms....Pages 626-633 Front Matter....Pages 635-635 Optimal Order Finite Element Method for a Coupled Eigenvalue Problem on Overlapping Domains....Pages 637-644 Superconvergent Finite Element Postprocessing for Eigenvalue Problems with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions....Pages 645-653 Uniform Convergence of Finite-Difference Schemes for Reaction-Diffusion Interface Problems....Pages 654-660 Immersed Interface Difference Schemes for a Parabolic-Elliptic Interface Problem....Pages 661-669 Surface Reconstruction and Lagrange Basis Polynomials....Pages 670-678 A Second-Order Cartesian Grid Finite Volume Technique for Elliptic Interface Problems....Pages 679-687 MIC(0) DD Preconditioning of FEM Elasticity Systems on Unstructured Tetrahedral Grids....Pages 688-695 Parallelizations of the Error Correcting Code Problem....Pages 696-704 Front Matter....Pages 635-635 Benchmarking Performance Analysis of Parallel Solver for 3D Elasticity Problems....Pages 705-712 Re-engineering Technology and Software Tools for Distributed Computations Using Local Area Network....Pages 713-720 On Single Precision Preconditioners for Krylov Subspace Iterative Methods....Pages 721-728 A Parallel Algorithm for Multiple-Precision Division by a Single-Precision Integer....Pages 729-736 Improving Triangular Preconditioner Updates for Nonsymmetric Linear Systems....Pages 737-744 Parallel DD-MIC(0) Preconditioning of Nonconforming Rotated Trilinear FEM Elasticity Systems....Pages 745-752 Back Matter....Pages - Plenary and invited papers Robust multilevel and hierarchical preconditioning methods Monte Carlo : tools, applications, distributed computing Operator splittings, their application and realization Recent advances in methods and applications for large scale computations and optimization of coupled engineering problems Control systems Environmental modelling Computational grid and large-scale problems Application of metaheuristics to large-scale problems Contributed talks.