Computational granularity and parallel models to scale up reactive scattering calculations

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 295-314

  Laganà, Antonio ^a   Crocchianti, Stefano ^a   Bolloni, Alessandro ^a   Piermarini, Valentina ^a   Baraglia, Ranieri ^b   Ferrini, Renato ^b   Laforenza, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

CONCURRENT PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE; PARALLEL MODEL; REACTIVE SCATTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0034625289     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4655(99)00516-0     Document Type: Article

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