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，目的是记录和维护特殊用途的计算机代码，这些代码可用于研究海啸（地震海浪）在海岸线上形成的不同方面。它涉及康奈尔大学的Philip Liu教授和特拉华大学的Kobayashi教授和Grilli教授之间的合作。作为博士生论文的一部分，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，并没有投入大量的精力和时间来记录它们的一般用途。现在越来越多的人认识到这种需要，但是对于这种文件还没有商定的标准。本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。目标是为这些大型计算机代码的文档和维护制定指导方针，从而定义其他代码开发人员可以遵循的标准。这一行动是为了感谢康奈尔大学刘教授的工作。它涉及一个边界元程序，该程序可用于计算长波在海滩上的产生、传播和积聚。

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.