Multilevel parallelism for optimization on MP computers: Theory and experiment

8th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Eldred, M S ^a   Hart, W E ^a   Schimel, B D ^a   van Bloemen Waanders, B G ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHEDULING; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINE-GRAINED PARALLELISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-LEVEL PARALLELISM; MULTIPROCESSOR SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 85087596929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-4818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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