Implementing distributed FDTD codes with Java mobile agents

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 115-119

  Biniaris, Christos G ^a   Kostaridis, Antonis I ^a   Kaklamani, Dimitra I ^a   Venieris, Iakovos S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distributed algorithms; Distributed computing; FDTD methods; Java; Mobile agents; Parallel algorithms; Parallel architectures

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MIM DEVICES; MOBILE ANTENNAS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0037004665     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2002.1167271     Document Type: Article

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