Domain decomposition models for parallel Monte Carlo transport

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-23

  Alme, Henry J ^a   Rodrigue, Garry H ^b   Zimmerman, George B ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING;

COMPUTATIONAL MESH; DOMAIN REPLICATION; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT METHOD; SPATIAL DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035123172     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008196906753     Document Type: Article

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