@inproceedings{18136, abstract = {{We present a parallel algorithm for the rendering of complex three-dimensional scenes. The algorithm runs across heterogeneous architectures of PC-clusters consisting of a visualization-node, equipped with a powerful graphics adapter, and cluster nodes requiring weaker graphics capabilities only. The visualization-node renders a mixture of scene objects and simplified meshes (Reliefboards). The cluster nodes assist the visualization-node by asynchronous computing of Reliefboards, which are used to replace and render distant parts of the scene. Our algorithm is capable of gaining significant speedups if the cluster's nodes provide weak graphics adapters only. We trade the number of cluster nodes off the scene objects' image quality.}}, author = {{Fischer, Matthias and Jähn, Claudius and Suess, Tim}}, booktitle = {{Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV)}}, pages = {{43--51}}, publisher = {{The Eurographics Association}}, title = {{{Asynchronous Parallel Reliefboard Computation for Scene Object Approximation}}}, doi = {{10.2312/EGPGV/EGPGV10/043-051}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{18289, abstract = {{Many professional cluster systems consist of nodes with different hardware configurations. Such heterogeneous environments require different load-balancing techniques than homogenous environments. The c-load-collision-protocol is able to achieve good results for data-management purposes. Using this protocol, we propose a way for load-balancing in interactive rendering environments. For this work, we implemented a parallel rendering system and took different picking strategies into account to compare the results. The advantage of our approach compared to other approaches is that we group the available nodes of a cluster into two different categories, based on the hardware abilities. Some nodes are used solely for rendering, while others serve as secondary storage and to assist the former ones by performing auxiliary calculations.}}, author = {{Suess, Tim and Wiesemann, Timo and Fischer, Matthias}}, booktitle = {{2010 IEEE Fifth International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage}}, isbn = {{9781424481330}}, pages = {{448 -- 456}}, title = {{{Evaluation of a c-Load-Collision-Protocol for Load-Balancing in Interactive Environments}}}, doi = {{10.1109/nas.2010.52}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inbook{18290, abstract = {{Typischerweise sind die Knoten eines PC-Clusters nicht mit leistungsfähigen Grafikkarten ausgestattet. Dennoch bieten Cluster-Betreiber einige wenige Rechenknoten an, die mit Highend-Grafikkarten ausgestattet sind, um beispielsweise eine PowerWall zu betreiben. Wenn zwischen diesen unterschiedlichen Knotentypen ein schnelles Netzwerk existiert, kann die Bilderzeugung durch die Knoten mit schwacher Grafikkarte beschleunigt werden. Dabei können die unterschiedlichen Knotentypen unterschiedliche Aufgabe bearbeiten. In einem solchen heterogenen System, müssen die unterschiedlichen entstehenden Lasten auf andere Weise verteilt werden, als in einem System, bei dem alle Knoten gleich ausgestattet sind. Wir präsentieren in dieser Arbeit Lastbalancierungsmechanismen, die in einem parallelen Out-of-Core-Renderingsystem für heterogene PC-Cluster eingesetzt werden. }}, author = {{Suess, Tim and Wiesemann, Timo and Fischer, Matthias}}, booktitle = {{Augmented & Virtual Reality in der Produktentstehung}}, pages = {{39--52}}, title = {{{Gewichtetes c-Collision-Protokoll zur Balancierung eines parallelen Out-of-Core-Renderingsystems}}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inbook{16505, abstract = {{We present an approach for real-time rendering of complex 3D scenes consisting of millions of polygons on limited graphics hardware. In a preprocessing step, powerful hardware is used to gain fine granular global visibility information of a scene using an adaptive sampling algorithm. Additively the visual influence of each object on the eventual rendered image is estimated. This influence is used to select the most important objects to display in our approximative culling algorithm. After the visibility data is compressed to meet the storage capabilities of small devices, we achieve an interactive walkthrough of the Power Plant scene on a standard netbook with an integrated graphics chipset.}}, author = {{Eikel, Benjamin and Jähn, Claudius and Fischer, Matthias}}, booktitle = {{Advances in Visual Computing}}, isbn = {{9783642172885}}, issn = {{0302-9743}}, title = {{{Preprocessed Global Visibility for Real-Time Rendering on Low-End Hardware}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-642-17289-2_60}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{18138, abstract = {{Modern companies are nowadays confronted with an increasing demand of multiple products, where they need to perform more flexible every day. Cost-intensive decisions are to be confirmed in short times, in order to minimize risks and secure efficient production programs as well as material flows. Tools for this digital planning via simulation methods are one well established possibility to receive decision support. Nevertheless, the creation of the necessary simulation models is a complicated and error-prone process, where complexity of modeling, validation and verification depends on the used tool and its functionalities. This paper presents implemented concepts for an innovative user support in his tasks of verification and validation of simulation models during the execution of a simulation run. Time-intensive procedures like stopping simulation, parameterization and restarting within the problem analysis are simplified. So the user is able to focus on the real problem solving task.}}, author = {{Laroque, Christoph and Fischer, Matthias and Dangelmaier, Wilhelm}}, booktitle = {{European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM 2009)}}, publisher = {{EUROSIS-ETI}}, title = {{{Concepts for Model Verification and Validation during Simulation Runtime}}}, year = {{2009}}, } @inbook{18291, author = {{Suess, Tim and Fischer, Matthias and Huber, Daniel and Laroque, Christoph and Dangelmaier, Wilhelm}}, booktitle = {{Augmented & Virtual Reality in der Produktentstehung}}, pages = {{111----126}}, publisher = {{Verlagsschriftenreihe des Heinz Nixdorf Instituts, Paderborn}}, title = {{{Ein System zur aggregierten Visualisierung verteilter Materialflusssimulationen}}}, volume = {{252}}, year = {{2009}}, } @inproceedings{18346, abstract = {{For a fixed virtual scene (=collection of simplices) S and given observer position p, how many elements of S are weakly visible (i.e. not fully occluded by others) from p? The present work explores the trade-off between query time and preprocessing space for these quantities in 2D: exactly, in the approximate deterministic, and in the probabilistic sense. We deduce the EXISTENCE of an O(m^2/n^2) space data structure for S that, given p and time O(log n), allows to approximate the ratio of occluded segments up to arbitrary constant absolute error; here m denotes the size of the Visibility Graph--which may be quadratic, but typically is just linear in the size n of the scene S. On the other hand, we present a data structure CONSTRUCTIBLE in O(n*log(n)+m^2*polylog(n)/k) preprocessing time and space with similar approximation properties and query time O(k*polylog n), where k