Parallel components for PDEs and optimization: Some issues and experiences

Parallel Computing

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1811-1831

  Norris, Boyana ^a   Balay, Satish ^a   Benson, Steven ^a   Freitag, Lori ^a   Hovland, Paul ^a   McInnes, Lois ^a   Smith, Barry ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Component based software; Interface specification; Parallel computing; Scientific computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LINEAR ALGEBRA; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036892276     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8191(02)00191-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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