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http://dx.doi.org/10.9723/jksiis.2018.23.4.069

An Economic Analysis on the Operation Effect of Public Supercomputer  

Lee, Hyung Jin (한국과학기술정보연구원 대용량데이터허브센터)
Choi, Youn Keun (한국과학기술정보연구원 슈퍼컴퓨팅서비스센터)
Park, Jinsoo (용인대학교 경영정보학과)
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Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems / v.23, no.4, 2018 , pp. 69-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
We performs the cost-benefit analysis, an economical analysis technique, to measure the effect of a shared public supercomputer. The costs of two given alternatives, to share the public supercomputer in a national center and to employ their own supercomputers in the organizations under the necessity, will be estimated and compared for decision making. In the case of sharing, we can simply predict the cost based on the results of the previous public supercomputer. The cost of individual introduction, however, is almost unpredictable since it has a remarkable variability due to the required system performances, locations, human factor, and so on. Accordingly, an objective and valid method to estimate the cost of individual cases will be proposed in this research. Finally, we analyze the economic effect of operating public supercomputer by comparing the sharing cost with that of the individual employs. The results of analysis confirms that the sharing public supercomputer will reduce the operational cost about 10.3 billion won annually compared with the individual introduction. Accordingly, it is expected that the sharing public supercomputer will bring a considerable economical effect.
Keywords
Supercomputer; Economical Analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Present Value;
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