Documentation and Maintenance of Computer Programs for Computing Long Wave Run-up on a Coastline

这项行动是一个协调项目的一部分，目的是记录和维护可用于研究海啸(地震海浪)向海岸线蔓延的不同方面的专用计算机代码。它涉及康奈尔大学的刘菲利普教授、特拉华大学的小林教授和格里利教授之间的合作。作为学生博士论文的一部分，已经开发了相当多的专用计算机程序。其中一些代码后来被发现具有更广泛的适用性，并引起了其他研究人员的兴趣。在开发它们的时候，还没有对记录它们以供一般使用所需的工作和时间进行大量投资。现在越来越多的人认识到这一需要，但对于这类文件还没有达成一致的标准。该项目旨在作为记录和维护三个现有计算机程序的试点研究。其目的是为记录和维护这种大型计算机代码制定指导方针，从而定义一个其他代码开发人员可以遵循的标准。这一行动是为了康奈尔大学刘教授的工作。它涉及一个边界元程序，可以用来计算长波在海滩上的产生、传播和爬升。

This action is part of a coordinated project to document and maintain special-purpose computer codes which can be used to study different aspects of the runup of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) onto a coastline. It involves a collaboration between Professor Philip Liu at Cornell University, and Professors Kobayashi and Grilli at the University of Delaware. Quite a large number of special-purpose computer programs have been developed as part of student doctoral theses. Some of these codes were later found to have wider applicability, and are of interest to other researchers. At the time that they were developed, the substantial investment in effort and time needed to document them for general usage was not made. There is now a growing recognition of this need, but there are no agreed-upon standards for such documentation. This project is intended as a pilot study for documenting and maintaining three existing computer programs. The objective is to develop guidelines for documentation and maintenance of such large computer codes, thereby defining a standard which other code developers can follow. This action is for the work by Professor Liu at Cornell. It involves a boundary element program which can be used to calculate the generation, propagation and runup of long waves onto a beach.