Accelerating Petri-net simulations using NVIDIA graphics processing units

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.068zbMath1374.68717OpenAlexW2731910730MaRDI QIDQ1681365

Luis C. Neves, John D. Andrews, Panayioti C. Yianni, Dovile Rama

Publication date: 23 November 2017

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44307/

zbMATH Keywords

parallel computationPetri netdecision supportCUDAGPUasset management

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Computing methodologies for information systems (hypertext navigation, interfaces, decision support, etc.) (68U35) Models and methods for concurrent and distributed computing (process algebras, bisimulation, transition nets, etc.) (68Q85) Parallel numerical computation (65Y05) Numerical algorithms for specific classes of architectures (65Y10)

Uses Software

• CUDA
• MersenneTwister
• SPNP
• cuRAND

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