High-quality computational tools for linear-algebra problems in FEM electromagnetic simulation

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 110-119

  Hernandez, V ^a   Roman, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Finite element methods; Linear algebra; Matrix decomposition; Parallel algorithms; Programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; MATRIX DECOMPOSITION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 14644410399     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1396751     Document Type: Article

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