Performance, algorithmic, and robustness attributes of perfect difference networks

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 725-736

  Parhami, Behrooz ^a   Rakov, Mikhail A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipartite graph; Chordal ring; Diameter; Emulation; Fault tolerance; Hyperstar; Interconnection network; Permutation routing; Robust network; Routing algorithm; Scalability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; ROUTERS;

BIPARTITE GRAPH; CHORDAL RING; PERFECT DIFFERENCE NETWORKS; PERMUTATION ROUTING; ROBUST NETWORK; ROUTING ALGORITHM; SCALABILITY;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 24144443211     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2005.98     Document Type: Article

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