Comparison of C and Java performance in finite element computations

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 24-25, 2003, Pages 2401-2408

  Nikishkov, G P ^a   Nikishkov, Yu G ^b   Savchenko, V V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^b Alventive   (United States)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Java; Performance; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; ITERATIVE METHODS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB BROWSERS;

COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 0141681168     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(03)00301-8     Document Type: Article

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