A domain decomposition finite-difference method for parallel numerical implementation of time-dependent maxwell's equations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 556-562

  Lu, Yijun ^b   Shen, C Y ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FDTD methods; Parallel processing

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0031096056     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.558671     Document Type: Article

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