Constant time algorithms for computational geometry on the reconfigurable mesh

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Jang, Ju Wook ^b   Nigam, Madhusudan ^c   Prasanna, Viktor K ^a,d   Sahni, Sartaj ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; TRIANGULATION;

DOMINANCE COUNTING; RECONFIGURABLE BUS SYSTEMS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030735516     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.569648     Document Type: Article

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