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Krzysztof Jurczuk¹, Marek Kretowski, Johanne Bezy-Wendling

¹Faculty of Computer Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45a, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland and also with INSERM U642, Rennes F-35000, France. k.jurczuk@pb.edu.pl

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This study introduces two parallel modeling methods for vascular system development, achieving significant speedups on both distributed and shared memory systems. These computational approaches enhance the simulation of biological vascular networks.

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Area of Science:

Computational biology
Bioengineering
Scientific computing

Background:

Vascular system development is crucial for organ function and is complex to model computationally.
Existing models may face limitations in scalability and efficiency for large-scale simulations.

Purpose of the Study:

To present and evaluate two distinct parallel algorithms for modeling vascular system development.
To optimize the computational performance of vascular network simulations on modern hardware architectures.

Main Methods:

Developed a message-passing based parallel approach for distributed memory systems, distributing tissue perfusion tasks among processors.
Designed a parallel approach for shared memory machines, enabling concurrent calculations for different vascular trees.
Conducted experiments on computing clusters and multicore machines to assess performance.

Main Results:

Both parallel algorithms demonstrated significant speedup in simulating vascular system development.
The distributed memory approach is well-suited for message-passing communication.
The shared memory approach effectively parallelizes perfusion calculations across processing units.

Conclusions:

The proposed parallel modeling strategies offer efficient solutions for simulating vascular development.
These methods provide substantial performance gains, enabling more complex and faster simulations.
The study highlights the benefits of parallel computing in bioengineering and computational biology.