Regular paper: Parallel implementation of a cellular automaton modeling the growth of three-dimensional tissues

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-209

  Youssef, Belgacem Ben ^a   Cheng, Gang ^b   Zygourakis, Kyriacos ^b   Markenscoff, Pauline ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Parallel algorithms; Tissue growth

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

SEQUENTIAL ALGORITHM; TISSUE GROWTH;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247566522     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342007074873     Document Type: Article

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