Known as an effective heuristic for finding optimal or near-optimal solutions to difficult
optimization problems, a genetic algorithm (GA) is inherently parallel for exploiting high …

OpenCAL is a scientific software library specifically developed for the simulation of 2D and
3D complex dynamical systems on parallel computational devices. It is written in C/C++ and …

Only two months after a huge forest fire occurred in the upper part of a valley located in
central Portugal, several debris flows were triggered by intense rainfall. The event caused …

Natural complex phenomena simulation relies on the application of advanced numerical
models. Nevertheless, due to their inherent temporal and spatial computational complexity …

Here we present a first multi-node/multi-GPU implementation of OpenCAL for grid-based
high-performance numerical simulation. OpenCL and MPI have been adopted as low-level …

In this paper, a model based on Cellular Automata (CAs) for predicting wildfire spreading is
presented. The proposed model is inspired by existing fire spread models, but also includes …

This paper highlights a multidisciplinary method for evaluating debris-flow invasion hazard,
based on geological–geomorphological field survey and statistical analysis coupled with …

Originally, cellular automata (CA) have been defined upon regular tessellations of the n-
dimensional Euclidean space, while CA on irregular tessellations have received only little …

This article introduces OpenCAL, a new open source computing abstraction layer for multi-
and many-core computing based on the Extended Cellular Automata general formalism …

The individuation of areas that are more likely to be impacted by new events in volcanic
regions is of fundamental relevance for mitigating possible consequences, both in terms of …