Parallel evolutionary modelling of geological processes

Parallel Computing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-212

  D'Ambrosio, D ^a   Spataro, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular Automata; Geological processes simulation; Optimisation; Parallel Genetic Algorithms; Parallel processing

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCES; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES SIMULATION; PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PGAPACK LIBRARY;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947270343     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parco.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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