ACE: Age Calculation Engine - A design environment for cosmogenic dating techniques

Ken Anderson, Elizabeth Bradley, Marek Zreda, Laura Rassbach, Chris Zweck, Evan Sheehan

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10 Scopus citations

Abstract

ACE (Age Calculation Engine; previously called iCronus) is a design environment for analyzing data used in cosmogenic dating methods. It is supported by a software architecture designed with flexibility, scalability, security and safety in mind. These properties have allowed us to create an environment that directly supports the tasks that geoscientists perform as they work on developing new algorithms for cosmogenic dating, such as running calibrations, defining new experiments, and evaluating the impacts of scaling factors on the calculated ages of samples. Our goal is to provide geoscientists using cosmogenic dating methods with a flexible and powerful software infrastructure upon which to base their future research efforts. In this paper, we describe the design of the ACE system and compare it to existing cosmogenic dating software. We also discuss how our system has been evaluated and our plans for future work.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - International Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences, ADVCOMP 2007
Pages39-48
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
EventInternational Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences, ADVCOMP 2007 - Papeete, French Polynesia
Duration: Nov 4 2007Nov 9 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences, ADVCOMP 2007

Other

OtherInternational Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences, ADVCOMP 2007
Country/TerritoryFrench Polynesia
CityPapeete
Period11/4/0711/9/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications

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