Implementing a finite-element time-domain program in parallel

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-109

  Malan, D H ^a   Metaxas, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block ILUT; Finite element methods; Matrix decomposition; Matrix inversion; Matrix partitioning; Parallel algorithms; Parallel architectures; Parallel languages; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Time domain methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001651722     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.826352     Document Type: Article

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