A parallel FDTD algorithm using the MPI library

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-103

  Volakis, John L ^a   Davidson, David B ^b   Guiffaut, C ^c   Mahdjoubi, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

FDTD methods; Inter process communication; MPI; Multiprocessor interconnection; Parallel algorithms; Perfectly matched layers; Process topology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONS;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0035301805     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.924608     Document Type: Review

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