2023/01/13 by Henrique C. T. Santos, Santos, Henrique C. T., Luciano S. de Souza +5
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Distributed #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Parallel #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Scientific Computing and Data Management #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2301.05770
openalex publication_date 2023/01/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The need for computational resources grows as computational algorithms gain popularity in different sectors of the scientific community. This search has stimulated the development of several cloud platforms that abstract the complexity of computational infrastructure. Unfortunately, the cost of accessing these resources could leave out various studies that could be carried by a simpler infrastructure. In this article, we present a platform for distributing computer simulations on resources available on a network using containers that abstracts the complexity needed to configure these execution environments and allows any user can benefit from this infrastructure. Simulations could be developed in any programming language (like Python, Java, C, R) and with specific execution needs within reach of the scientific community in a general way. We will present results obtained in running simulations that required more than 1000 runs with different initial parameters and various other experiments that benefited from using the platform.