Multithreaded model for the dynamic load-balancing of parallel adaptive PDE computations

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 20, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 349-365

  Chrisochoides, Nikos ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING; LOAD BALANCING ALGORITHMS; MULTICOMPUTERS; MULTITHREADED MODEL; PROCESSOR WORKLOADS; PROGRAM COMPLEXITY;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0030123343     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9274(95)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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