JAPARA - A java parallel random number generator library for high-performance computing

Proceedings - International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2004 (Abstracts and CD-ROM)

Volumn 18, Issue , 2004, Pages 2221-2227

  Coddington, P D ^a   Newell, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); DEFAULT ALGORITHMS; SCALABILITY; SEQUENTIAL LIBRARIES;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 12444300153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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