A GRID computer implementation of the multilevel fast multipole algorithm for full-wave analysis of optical devices

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E90-B, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2430-2438

  Fostier, Jan ^a   Olyslager, Femke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; GRID computing; Parallel MLFMA

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

CLUSTERS OF WORKSTATIONS; COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING PROBLEM; MOMENT DISCRETIZATION; MULTI-LEVEL FAST MULTI-POLE ALGORITHM; PARALLEL MLFMA;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 49749089005     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.9.2430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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