High-performance routing in networks of workstations with irregular topology

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 699-719

  Silla, Federico ^b   Duato, José ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ROUTING ALGORITHMS; WORMHOLE SWITCHING;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TOPOLOGY;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034224941     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.877816     Document Type: Article

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