Large simulations and small societies: High performance computing for archaeological simulations

Advances in Geographic Information Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-137

  Rubio Campillo, Xavier ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

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EID: 84951292987     PISSN: 18672434     EISSN: 18672442     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00008-4_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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