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While some industries use High Performance Computing (HPC) to increase profits, other industries require HPC to do business at all. In the oil and gas industries, HPC is used to conduct seismic simulations. In the pharmaceutical industry, HPC is used to discover new drugs.

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    (Weisbord 2004) p.81 is based on Lewin’s “Humanization of the Taylor System: An Inquiry into the Fundamental Psychology of Work and Vocation” published in 1920.

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    See Sect 1.7

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Sedighi, A., Smith, M. (2019). Introduction. In: Fair Scheduling in High Performance Computing Environments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14568-2_1

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