Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub9
The BioDynaMo Project: Experience Report

The BioDynaMo Project: Experience Report

Roman Bauer, Lukas Breitwieser, Alberto Di Meglio, Leonard Johard, Marcus Kaiser, Marco Manca, Manuel Mazzara, Fons Rademakers, Max Talanov, Alexander Dmitrievich Tchitchigin
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 9
ISBN13: 9781522519478|ISBN10: 1522519475|EISBN13: 9781522519485
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1947-8.ch006
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Bauer, Roman, et al. "The BioDynaMo Project: Experience Report." Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, edited by Jordi Vallverdú, et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 117-125. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1947-8.ch006

APA

Bauer, R., Breitwieser, L., Di Meglio, A., Johard, L., Kaiser, M., Manca, M., Mazzara, M., Rademakers, F., Talanov, M., & Tchitchigin, A. D. (2017). The BioDynaMo Project: Experience Report. In J. Vallverdú, M. Mazzara, M. Talanov, S. Distefano, & R. Lowe (Eds.), Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (pp. 117-125). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1947-8.ch006

Chicago

Bauer, Roman, et al. "The BioDynaMo Project: Experience Report." In Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, edited by Jordi Vallverdú, et al., 117-125. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1947-8.ch006

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Computer simulations have become a very powerful tool for scientific research. Given the vast complexity that comes with many open scientific questions, a purely analytical or experimental approach is often not viable. For example, biological systems comprise an extremely complex organization and heterogeneous interactions across different spatial and temporal scales. In order to facilitate research on such problems, the BioDynaMo project aims at a general platform for computer simulations for biological research. Since scientific investigations require extensive computer resources, this platform should be executable on hybrid cloud computing systems, allowing for the efficient use of state-of-the-art computing technology. This chapter describes challenges during the early stages of the software development process. In particular, we describe issues regarding the implementation and the highly interdisciplinary as well as international nature of the collaboration. Moreover, we explain the methodologies, the approach, and the lessons learned by the team during these first stages.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.