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Software engineering for computational science: past, present, future

Software engineering for computational science: past, present, future
Software engineering for computational science: past, present, future

Despite the increasing importance of in silico experiments to the scientific discovery process, state-of-the-art software engineering practices are rarely adopted in computational science. To understand the underlying causes for this situation and to identify ways to improve it, we conducted a literature survey on software engineering practices in computational science. We identified 13 recurring key characteristics of scientific software development that are the result of the nature of scientific challenges, the limitations of computers, and the cultural environment of scientific software development. Our findings allow us to point out shortcomings of existing approaches for bridging the gap between software engineering and computational science and to provide an outlook on promising research directions that could contribute to improving the current situation.

1521-9615
90-109
Johanson, Arne N.
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Hasselbring, Wilhelm
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Johanson, Arne N.
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Hasselbring, Wilhelm
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Johanson, Arne N. and Hasselbring, Wilhelm (2018) Software engineering for computational science: past, present, future. Computing in Science and Engineering, 20 (2), 90-109. (doi:10.1109/MCSE.2018.021651343).

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Despite the increasing importance of in silico experiments to the scientific discovery process, state-of-the-art software engineering practices are rarely adopted in computational science. To understand the underlying causes for this situation and to identify ways to improve it, we conducted a literature survey on software engineering practices in computational science. We identified 13 recurring key characteristics of scientific software development that are the result of the nature of scientific challenges, the limitations of computers, and the cultural environment of scientific software development. Our findings allow us to point out shortcomings of existing approaches for bridging the gap between software engineering and computational science and to provide an outlook on promising research directions that could contribute to improving the current situation.

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Published date: 15 March 2018
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2018 IEEE.

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Local EPrints ID: 488709
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/488709
ISSN: 1521-9615
PURE UUID: a34ad90e-5ef2-4861-93e7-801b716af7d7
ORCID for Wilhelm Hasselbring: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6625-4335

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Author: Arne N. Johanson
Author: Wilhelm Hasselbring ORCID iD

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