Evaluation of automatic domain partitioning algorithms for parallel finite element analysis

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1025-1051

  Hsieh, Shang Hsien ^a   Paulino, Glaucio H ^b   Abel, John F ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Domain partitioning; Load balancing; Mesh partitioning; Parallel finite element analysis; Partitioning algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DOMAIN PARTITIONING ALGORITHMS; LOAD BALANCING; PARALLEL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031094239     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970330)40:6<1025::AID-NME103>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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