Approaching parallel computing to simulating population dynamics in demography

@article{MontaolaSales2016ApproachingPC,
  title={Approaching parallel computing to simulating population dynamics in demography},
  author={Cristina Monta{\~n}ola-Sales and Bhakti Stephan Onggo and Josep Casanovas and Jose Mar{\'i}a Cela-Esp{\'i}n and Adriana Kaplan-Marcus{\'a}n},
  journal={Parallel Comput.},
  year={2016},
  volume={59},
  pages={151-170}
}
We have developed a web-based parallel agent-based simulation tool for demography.The tool has been designed for social scientists who have no programming experience.The user interface uses commonly used modelling techniques in demography.The tool can be accessed by public through web-based interface for wider user tests.Experiments show the performance of the tool for large scale simulations is good. Agent-based modelling and simulation is a promising methodology that can be applied in the… Expand
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