Application of vector and parrallel supercomputers to ground-water flow modelling

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 917-927

  Yu, Zhongbo ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amdahl's Law; Darcy's Law; Finite difference method; Theis

Indexed keywords

CRAY SUPERCOMPUTER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER MODELLING;

EID: 0008874042     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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