Tree-based parallel load-balancing methods for solution-adaptive finite element graphs on distributed memory multicomputers

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 360-370

  Liao, Ching Jung ^a,b   Chung, Yeh Ching ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED MEMORY MULTICOMPUTERS; LOAD BALANCING METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032633997     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.762816     Document Type: Article

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