Post Douglass E., Kendall R.P. Creating and Using Virtual Prototyping Software: Principles and Practices

Pearson Education, 2022. — 730 p. — (SEI Series in Software Engineering). — ISBN 978-0-13-656693-9.Organizations must reduce time-to-market, costs, and risks while producing higher-quality products that grow ever more complex. In response, many are turning to advanced software for rapidly creating and analyzing virtual prototypes, and accurately predicting the performance and behavior of the systems they represent. This requires a deep understanding of physics-based digital engineering and high-performance computing, as well as unique organizational and management skills. Now, Douglass Post and Richard Kendall bring together knowledge that engineers, scientists, developers, and managers will need to build, deploy, and sustain these specialized applications—including information previously available only in proprietary environments.Post and Kendall illuminate key issues with a detailed book-length case study based on their work at the U.S. DoD's pioneering Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments (CREATE) program, which developed eleven of the field's most advanced software tools.Students will find a detailed roadmap for planning, organizing, managing, and navigating complex organizations to successful delivery; as well as detailed descriptions of each step in the process, with clear rationales and concrete examples. The authors share detailed references, a convenient glossary and bibliography, sidebars on overcoming real-world challenges, and more.The Power of Physics-Based Software for Engineering and Scientific Research
The Computing Ecosystem
Getting the Right Software for the Virtual Prototyping Paradigm
Examples of Virtual Prototyping Software (Tools)
Applying Virtual Prototyping Tools to Develop Product and Conduct Research
Developing and Marketing a Proposal to Establish a Program to Develop Virtual Prototyping Tools
Creating and Sustaining Software Development Programs for Virtual Prototyping Tools
Managing the Software Development Program for Virtual Prototyping Applications
Executing a Software Development Program for Virtual Prototyping Applications
Verifying and Validating Science-Based Software
Recruiting and Retaining the Workforce
Opportunities and Challenges for Virtual Prototyping in Engineering and Science