MS18 Problem-Solving Environments

Monday, March 17

11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Nicollet D1

MS18
Problem-Solving Environments

Problem-solving enviroments (PSEs) are computer systems that provide all the computational facilities to solve a target class of problems. These facilities include solution methods, checking the problem formulation, visualizing the solution, selecting computers, etc. Ideal PSEs will make many decisions for users. The speakers will discuss the current possibilities for creating effective frameworks for PSEs and the use of software components to construct PSEs. PSEs within the scope of this minisymposium are targeted to scientific computing and thus can make use of the large existing inventory of libraries and software components.

Organizer: John R. Rice
Purdue University

11:00 Bond, an Environment for Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing for Structural Biology: Dan C. Marinescu, Purdue University
11:30 PSEware: A Toolkit for Building Problem-Solving Environments: James C. T. Pool, California Institute of Technology
12:00 A High-Performance Problem-Solving Environment for Optimization and Control of Chemical and Biological Processes: Joseph E. Flaherty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Philip Gill, University of California, San Diego; Ephraim P. Glinert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda R. Petzold, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; J. Ben Rosen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Robert T. Tranquillo, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
12:30 A MultiAgent Environment for MPSEs: Tzvetan T. Drashansky, Purdue University; John R. Rice, Organizer; Elias N. Houstis and Sanjiva Weerawarana, Purdue University; and Anupam Joshi, University of Missouri, Columbia

MMD, 1/24/97