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Solving the N-Body Problem with the ALiCE Grid System

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The grid enables large-scale aggregation and sharing of computational resources. In this paper, we introduce a method for solving the N-body problem on a cluster-grid using our grid system, ALiCE (Adaptive and scaLable internet-based Computing Engine). The modified Barnes-Hut algorithm allows the N-body problem to be solved adaptively using compute resources on-demand. The N-body program is written using ALiCE object programming template. Our experiments varying the number of bodies per task and the number of computation nodes demonstrate the feasibility of exploiting parallelism on a grid system.

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  1. Department of Computer Network, Vietnam National University of Hanoi, 144 Xuan Thuy Street, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Dac Phuong Ho

  2. Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore

    Yong Meng Teo & Johan Prawira Gozali

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  1. Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique, Université de Montpellier 2, 161 Rue ADA, 34392, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Alain Jean-Marie

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Ho, D.P., Teo, Y.M., Gozali, J.P. (2002). Solving the N-Body Problem with the ALiCE Grid System. In: Jean-Marie, A. (eds) Advances in Computing Science — ASIAN 2002. ASIAN 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2550. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36184-7_10

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