Superlinear speedup in a 3-D parallel conjugate gradient solver

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1602-1605

  Camargos, A F P ^a   Batalha, R M S ^a   Martins, C A P S ^a   Silva, E J ^b   Soares, G L ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conjugate gradient solver; Finite element method (FEM); Parallel implementation; Performance analysis; Superlinear speedup

Indexed keywords

BLOCK CODES; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT SOLVER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SUPERLINEAR SPEEDUP;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 61449220050     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2012753     Document Type: Article

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