A solution famework for environmental characterization problems

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-283

  Tryby, M E ^a   Mirghani, B Y ^b   Mahinthakumar, G K ^c   Ranjithan, S R ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary algorithms; grid computing; inverse problems; performance analysis; simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COMPUTATIONAL TRACTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATION; GLOBAL SEARCH; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS; RELEASE HISTORY; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; SOLUTION APPROACH; TASK DISTRIBUTION; TASK MAPPING; TERAGRID;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FUZZY CONTROL; GRID COMPUTING; GROUNDWATER; OPTIMIZATION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 77955290597     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342009350886     Document Type: Article

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