Parallel simulation of large dynamic system on a PC cluster: Application to cloth simulation

International Journal of Computers and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-180

  Zara, Florence ^a   Faure, Francois ^b   Vincent, Jean Marc ^a  

^a APACHE Lab ID   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster of PCs; Coupled clusters applications; Large dynamic system; Multidisplay visualization; Parallel cloth simulation; Physical model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY; GRAPH THEORY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

CLUSTER OF PCS; COUPLED CLUSTERS APPLICATIONS; LARGE DYNAMIC SYSTEM; MULTIDISPLAY VISUALIZATION; PARALLEL CLOTH SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MODELS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042767252     PISSN: 1206212X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1206212x.2004.11441739     Document Type: Article

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