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Workflow tool for engineers in a grid-enabled Matlab environment

Workflow tool for engineers in a grid-enabled Matlab environment
Workflow tool for engineers in a grid-enabled Matlab environment
The Geodise Project aims to aid engineers in the design process by making available a suite of design search and optimisation tools and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis packages integrated with distributed Grid-enabled computing, databases and knowledge management technologies. Engineering Design Search and Optimisation (EDSO) is a a long and repetitive process requiring a complex sequence of tasks to be scripted together. We have developed a visual workflow tool with a friendly graphic user interface (GUI) to assist in the generation and execution of these scripts. It provides a set of functions: workflow construction, resource validation, script generation, process automation, job state monitoring and visualisation. Our workflow tool generates scripts in Matlab, which is familiar to Engineers and allows them to be re-used. Future work will incorporate a range of knowledge support mechanisms into the Workflow tool to assist in workflow construction and configuration.
Workflow, process automation, Engineering Design, Grid-enabled, Matlab
212-215
Xu, Fenglain
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Cox, Simon J.
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Xu, Fenglain
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Cox, Simon J.
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Xu, Fenglain and Cox, Simon J. (2003) Workflow tool for engineers in a grid-enabled Matlab environment. UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2003, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. 02 - 04 Sep 2003. pp. 212-215 .

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Abstract

The Geodise Project aims to aid engineers in the design process by making available a suite of design search and optimisation tools and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis packages integrated with distributed Grid-enabled computing, databases and knowledge management technologies. Engineering Design Search and Optimisation (EDSO) is a a long and repetitive process requiring a complex sequence of tasks to be scripted together. We have developed a visual workflow tool with a friendly graphic user interface (GUI) to assist in the generation and execution of these scripts. It provides a set of functions: workflow construction, resource validation, script generation, process automation, job state monitoring and visualisation. Our workflow tool generates scripts in Matlab, which is familiar to Engineers and allows them to be re-used. Future work will incorporate a range of knowledge support mechanisms into the Workflow tool to assist in workflow construction and configuration.

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Published date: 2003
Venue - Dates: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2003, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 2003-09-02 - 2003-09-04
Keywords: Workflow, process automation, Engineering Design, Grid-enabled, Matlab

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Local EPrints ID: 22802
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/22802
PURE UUID: c6e188d4-2476-4aa2-b300-212c8112b291

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Date deposited: 29 Mar 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 06:41

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Author: Fenglain Xu
Author: Simon J. Cox

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