Communication characteristics of large-scale scientific applications for contemporary cluster architectures

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 853-865

  Vetter, Jeffrey S ^a   Mueller, Frank ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

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EID: 0242308158     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-7315(03)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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