Thread group multithreading: Accelerating the computation of an agent-based power system modeling and simulation tool - GridLAB-D

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 2536-2545

  Jin, Shuangshuang ^a   Chassin, David P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SMART POWER GRIDS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; MULTI-THREADING; MULTITHREADED COMPUTATION; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS; POWER GRID SIMULATION; POWER SYSTEM MODEL; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 84902256435     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2014.318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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