VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION IN
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Advances in scientific computing have made modeling and simulation an important part
of the decision-making process in engineering, science, and public policy. This book
provides a comprehensive and systematic development of the basic concepts, principles,
and procedures for verification and validation of models and simulations. The emphasis
is placed on models that are described by partial differential and integral equations and
the simulations that result from their numerical solution. The methods described can be
applied to a wide range of technical fields, such as the physical sciences, engineering, and
technology, as well as to a wide range of applications in industry, environmental regulations
and safety, product and plant safety, financial investing, and governmental regulations.
This book will be genuinely welcomed by researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers
in a broad range of fields who seek to improve the credibility and reliability of simulation
results. It will also be appropriate for either university courses or independent study.
william l. oberkampf has 39 years of experience in research and development in
fluid dynamics, heat transfer, flight dynamics, and solid mechanics. He has worked in both
computational and experimental areas, and taught 30 short courses in the field of verification
and validation. He recently retired as a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at
Sandia National Laboratories.
christopher j. roy is an Associate Professor in the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Department at Virginia Tech. After receiving his PhD from North Carolina State University
in 1998, he spent five years working as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia
National Laboratories. He has published numerous articles on verification and validation
in the area of computational fluid dynamics. In 2006, he received a Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his work on verification and validation in
computational science and engineering.
