A class of novel parallel algorithms for the solution of tridiagonal systems

Parallel Computing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 563-587

  Verkaik, J ^a   Lin, H X ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACER algorithms; Graph transformation; Parallel matrix algorithm; Unifying graph model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FACTORIZATION; GRAPH TRANSFORMATION; TRIDIAGONAL SYSTEMS; UNIFYING GRAPH MODEL;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 21244481769     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parco.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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