A decentralized convergence detection algorithm for asynchronous parallel iterative algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-13

  Bahi, Jacques M ^a   Contassot Vivier, Sylvain ^a   Couturier, Raphaël ^a   Vernier, Flavien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Asynchronism; Convergence detection; Parallel iterative algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

ASYNCHRONISM; CONVERGENCE DETECTION; PARALLEL ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 13244265547     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2005.2     Document Type: Article

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