ASC Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program Verification and Validation Whitepaper

The purpose of this whitepaper is to provide a framework for understanding the role that verification and validation (VV and (b) Verification & validation strategies for large-scale simulations, including quantification of uncertainty and numerical convergence. We especially call attention to the explicit coupling of computational predictability and V&V in the third bullet above. In this whitepaper we emphasize this coupling, and provide concentrated guidance for addressing item 2. The whitepaper has two main components. First, we provide a brief and high-level tutorial on V&V thatmore » emphasizes critical elements of the program. Second, we state a set of V&V-related requirements that successful PSAA proposals must address.« less

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