A parallel block frontal solver for large scale process simulation: Reordering effects

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 1997, Pages

  Mallya, J U ^a   Zitney, S E ^a,c   Choudhary, S ^a   Stadtherr, M A ^b  

^a CRAY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c AspenTech Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000772940     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(97)87541-2     Document Type: Article

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