Analysing and modelling the performance of the HemeLB lattice-Boltzmann simulation environment

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 412-422

  Groen ), Derek ^a   Hetherington, James ^a   Carver, Hywel B ^a   Nash, Rupert W ^a   Bernabeu, Miguel O ^a   Coveney, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High performance computing; Lattice Boltzmann; Parallel computing; Performance modelling

Indexed keywords

HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; MAXIMUM ACCURACIES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE MODELLING; SPARSE GEOMETRY; TIME CONSTRAINTS;

PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84883461116     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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