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The impact of programming paradigms on the efficiency of an individual-based simulation model
David J Barnes and Tim R Hopkins
Simulation Modelling - Practice and Theory, 11(7/8):557-569, November 2003.Abstract
We look in detail at an individual-based simulation of the spread of barley yellow dwarf virus. The need for a very large number of individual plants and aphids along with multiple runs using different model parameters mean that it is important to keep memory and processor requirements within reasonable bounds. We present implementations of the model in both imperative and object-oriented programming languages, particularly noting aspects relating to ease of implementation and run-time performance. Finally, we attempt to quantify the cost of some of the decisions made in terms of their memory and processor time requirements.
[Note: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2003.08.002]
Bibtex Record
@article{1800,
author = {{D}avid {J} {B}arnes and {T}im {R} {H}opkins},
title = {The impact of programming paradigms on the efficiency of an individual-based simulation model},
month = {November},
year = {2003},
pages = {557--569},
keywords = {Barley yellow dwarf virus object-oriented programming Java C++ Fortran 95},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2003/1800},
publication_type = {article},
submission_id = {11899_1076344479},
journal = {Simulation Modelling --- Practice and Theory},
volume = {11},
number = {7/8},
publisher = {Elsevier},
ISSN = {1569-190X},
}