Parallel Solution of Integral Equation-Based EM Problems in the Frequency Domain

Parallel Solution of Integral Equation-Based EM Problems in the Frequency Domain

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-341

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Sarkar, Tapan K ^a   Doñoro, Daniel Garcia ^a   Moon, Hongsik ^a   Taylor, Mary ^a   van de Geijn, Robert A ^a  

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470495094     Document Type: Book

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