Parallel and distributed simulations and visualizations of the Olami-Feder-Christiensen earthquake model

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 313, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 301-311

  Hernandez, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION; PARALLEL SIMULATION;

AUTOMATA THEORY;

EID: 0037107897     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00971-8     Document Type: Article

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