A two-way BSP algorithm for tridiagonal systems

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 337-347

  Huang, Yuguang ^a   McColl, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk synchronous parallel model; Parallel algorithms; Parallel computing; Tridiagonal system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

BULK SYNCHRONOUS PARALLEL MODEL; TRIDIAGONAL SYSTEMS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032024603     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-739x(97)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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