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    Spatially Compact Solutions and Stabilization in Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs Theories

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    New solutions to the static, spherically symmetric Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs equations with the Higgs field in the triplet resp. doublet representation are presented. They form continuous families parametrized by α=MW/MPl\alpha=M_W/M_Pl (MWM_W resp. MPlM_Pl denoting the W-boson resp. the Planck mass). The corresponding spacetimes are regular and have spatially compact sections. A particularly interesting class with the Yang-Mills amplitude being nodeless is exhibited and is shown to be linearly stable with respect to spherically symmetric perturbations. For some solutions with nodes of the Yang-Mills amplitude a new stabilization phenomenon is found, according to which their unstable modes disappear as α\alpha increases (for the triplet) or decreases (for the doublet).Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure

    A modular modelling framework for hypotheses testing in the simulation of urbanisation

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    In this paper, we present a modelling experiment developed to study systems of cities and processes of urbanisation in large territories over long time spans. Building on geographical theories of urban evolution, we rely on agent-based models to 1/ formalise complementary and alternative hypotheses of urbanisation and 2/ explore their ability to simulate observed patterns in a virtual laboratory. The paper is therefore divided into two sections : an overview of the mechanisms implemented to represent competing hypotheses used to simulate urban evolution; and an evaluation of the resulting model structures in their ability to simulate - efficiently and parsimoniously - a system of cities (the Former Soviet Union) over several periods of time (before and after the crash of the USSR). We do so using a modular framework of model-building and evolutionary algorithms for the calibration of several model structures. This project aims at tackling equifinality in systems dynamics by confronting different mechanisms with similar evaluation criteria. It enables the identification of the best-performing models with respect to the chosen criteria by scanning automatically the parameter along with the space of model structures (as combinations of modelled dynamics).Comment: 21 pages, 3 figures, working pape

    OpenMOLE, a workflow engine specifically tailored for the distributed exploration of simulation models

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    International audienceComplex-systems describe multiple levels of collective structure and organization. In such systems, the emergence of global behaviour from local interactions is generally studied through large scale experiments on numerical models. This analysis generates important computation loads which require the use of multi-core servers, clusters or grid computing. Dealing with such large scale executions is especially challenging for modellers who don't possess the theoretical and methodological skills required to take advantage of high performance computing environments. That's why we have designed a cloud approach for model experimentation. This approach has been implemented in OpenMOLE (Open MOdel Experiment) as a Domain Specific Language (DSL) that leverages the naturally parallel aspect of model experiments. The OpenMOLE DSL has been designed to explore user-supplied models. It delegates transparently their numerous executions to remote execution environment. From a user perspective, those environments are viewed as services providing computing power, therefore no technical detail is ever exposed. This paper presents the OpenMOLE DSL through the example of a toy model exploration and through the automated calibration of a real-world complex system model in the field of geography

    Algorithmes évolutionnaires sur grille de calcul pour le calibrage de modéles géographiques

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    Sciences complexes n'est pas trĂšs heureux comme nom. Il serait mieux d'appeler cette discipline, science du complexe ou encore mieux systĂšmes complexes.As dynamic geographic models integrate very large number of spatial interactions, large amount of computing is necessaryfor their simulation and calibration, in order to validate them. Here a new automated calibration procedure is experimented onthe European computational grid EGI using evolutionnary algorithms. The application to the Simpoplocal model enables toreduce the computing time (one week) for managing about 7 millions runs for a preliminary validating step of the processesand parameters introduced in the model

    Retour d'expérience de l'école OpenMOLE "ExModelo", organisée en partenariat avec le méso-centre du CRIANN

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    International audienceOpenMOLE (Reuillon et al., 2013) est une plateforme d’exploration automatique de modĂšles numĂ©riques. Elle permet d’étudier des programmes dĂ©veloppĂ©s dans une trĂšs large gamme de langages. OpenMOLE permet aussi de distribuer la charge de calcul sur la plupart des environnements de calcul (serveur, clusters, grille de calcul, cloud). La description de ces expĂ©riences sont dĂ©crits Ă  l’aide DSL Ă  destination d’utilisateurs non-informaticiens et non-spĂ©cialistes des environnements HPC. Alors que cette plateforme fĂȘte sa 10Ăšme release saluĂ© par une communautĂ© d’utilisateur en forte croissance, un nouveau pas vient d’ĂȘtre franchi avec l’organisation en 2019 d’une premiĂšre Ă©cole d’étĂ© dĂ©diĂ©e Ă  “l’exploration de modĂšles”. Durant la formation, la plateforme et l’écosystĂšme de mĂ©thodes d’exploration qui l’accompagne sont utilisĂ©s de maniĂšre intensive. Les travaux pratiques mettent en oeuvre l’exploration d’un modĂšle “jouet” de dynamiques complexes dĂ©veloppĂ© pour l’occasion. Il s’agit d’un modĂšle multi-agent spatialisĂ© de type proie/prĂ©dateur sur la thĂ©matique des zombies. Les apprenants pourront dĂ©couvrir l’usage et la spĂ©cificitĂ© de chacune des mĂ©thodes d’explorations intĂ©grĂ©s dans la plateforme de façon interactive : analyses de sensibilitĂ© (Saltelli, Morris), calibrage et optimisation (Profiles, NSGA2, ABC), diversitĂ© (PSE). Lors des deux derniers jours, les participants sont invitĂ©s Ă  formuler des questions sur le modĂšle de Zombies et Ă  en proposer une Ă©tude en utilisant les outils dĂ©couverts les jours prĂ©cĂ©dents. La mise en oeuvre rapide de ces mĂ©thodes n’étant possible qu’avec l’appui d’un environnement HPC, un partenariat avec l’UMR IDEES et le mĂ©so-centre Normand du CRIANN a Ă©tĂ© mis en place pour assurer un accĂšs rapide aux ressources de calcul nĂ©cessaires (1000 coeurs / 25 participants) pour les explorations menĂ©es pendant les 5 jours d’école. DĂ©veloppĂ© avant tout pour accĂ©der Ă  des ressources de type grille, OpenMOLE s’est constamment adaptĂ© pour offrir des connecteurs capable de suivre l’offre croissante et trĂšs diversifiĂ©e en environnements de calcul. Il s’agit d’ajouter Ă  la fois des nouveaux connecteurs (PBS, SLURM, etc.) mais aussi de nouveaux moyens d’encapsulation et de dĂ©ploiement des programmes utilisateurs (Kubernetes, UDocker, PRoot, etc.). La collaboration entre les deux Ă©quipes du CRIANN et d’OpenMOLE s’inscrit dans ce cadre. BĂ©nĂ©fique pour les deux parties, elle a permis de soulever et rĂ©soudre des points de blocages reprĂ©sentatifs des diversitĂ©s de pratiques qui peuvent exister sur le plan matĂ©riel et logiciels (Fortran/C vs Java/R/Python) entre les deux communautĂ©s (Grille / Cluster). Dans cette prĂ©sentation nous proposons de faire une synthĂšse des rĂ©sultats obtenus par les groupes sur le modĂšle jouet, ainsi qu’un retour sur cette collaboration originale entre les deux Ă©quipes techniques d’OpenMOLE et du CRIANN.Reuillon, R., Leclaire, M., and Rey-Coyrehourcq, S. (2013). Openmole, a workflow engine specifically tailored for the distributed exploration of simulation models. Future Generation Computer Systems, 29(8):1981–1990
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