Performance evaluation of parallel sparse linear equation solvers for positive definite systems

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1172-1178

  Davis, Robert L ^a   Henz, Brian J ^a   Shires, Dale R ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Parallel processing; Resin transfer molding; Sparse linear equation solver

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; PARALLEL SPARSE LINEAR EQUATION SOLVERS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642366712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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