Efficient implementation of a portable parallel programming model for image processing

Concurrency Practice and Experience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 671-685

  Morrow, P J ^a   Crookes, D ^b   Brown, J ^b   Mcaleese, G ^a   Roantree, D ^a   Spence, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0348226755     PISSN: 10403108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9128(199909)11:11<671::AID-CPE450>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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