Schedules for dynamic bidirectional simulations on parallel computers

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Andreas Griewank for his guidance and supervision while working on this thesis. Furthermore, I would like to thank Prof. Wolfgang E. Nagel for giving me the opportunity to work on this subject and for all the support he has given me over the last five years. Special thanks are due to Dr. Andrea Walther for all of the helpful discussions we had and hints and support she gave me. Moreover, I am indebted to Rachel Lichten, John Shaw and Ellen Smith who helped me to bring this thesis into shape. Also, I thank all of my colleagues at the Centre for High Performance Computing for the nice and pleasant working atmosphere. On the nonmathematical side, I want to thank my parents very much for all of the lifelong support and help they have given me. Last but not least, my special thanks go to Catrin Lorenz for her patience, understanding and continuous support, without which I would not have been able to write this thesis.