Multifrontal vs frontal techniques for chemical process simulation on supercomputers

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 641-646

  Zitney, S E ^a   Mallya, J ^b   Davis, T A ^c   Stadtherr, M A ^b  

^a CRAY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

FRONTAL TECHNIQUE; LARGE SCALE PROCESS SIMULATION; LINEAR EQUATION SYSTEM; MULTIFRONTAL TECHNIQUE;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030174488     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-1354(95)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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