Performance modeling of unstructured mesh particle transport computations

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

Volumn 18, Issue , 2004, Pages 3351-3358

  Mathis, Mark M ^a   Kerbyson, Darren J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED STRATEGIC COMPUTING INITIATIVE (ASCI); EARTH SIMULATORS; SMP CLUSTERS; SWEEPING;

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; BENCHMARKING; DATA REDUCTION; INSTALLATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 12444337558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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