Performance metrics based on computational action

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-458

  Numrich, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational action; Computational work; Performance metrics

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY;

COMPUTATIONAL ACTION; COMPUTATIONAL WORK; PERFORMANCE METRICS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 9744221975     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342004048538     Document Type: Article

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