Vector and Parallel Processing – VECPAR’98: Third International Conference, Porto, Portugal, June 21-23, 1998. Selected Papers and Invited Talks

Front Matter....Pages -
Introduction to “Eigenvalue Problems and Solution of Linear Systems”....Pages 1-3
Some Unusual Eigenvalue Problems....Pages 4-19
Multi-sweep Algorithms for the Symmetric Eigenproblem....Pages 20-28
A Unified Approach to Parallel Block-Jacobi Methods for the Symmetric Eigenvalue Problem....Pages 29-42
Calculation of Lambda Modes of a Nuclear Reactor: A Parallel Implementation Using the Implicitly Restarted Arnoldi Method....Pages 43-57
Parallel Jacobi-Davidson for Solving Generalized Eigenvalue Problems....Pages 58-70
Parallel Preconditioned Solvers for Large Sparse Hermitian Eigenproblems....Pages 71-84
Solving Eigenvalue Problems on Networks of Processors....Pages 85-99
Solving Large-Scale Eigenvalue Problems on Vector Parallel Processors....Pages 100-113
Direct Linear Solvers for Vector and Parallel Computers....Pages 114-127
Parallel Preconditioners for Solving Nonsymmetric Linear Systems....Pages 128-141
Synchronous and Asynchronous Parallel Algorithms with Overlap for Almost Linear Systems....Pages 142-155
The Parallel Problems Server: A Client-Server Model for Interactive Large Scale Scientific Computation....Pages 156-169
Introduction to “Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Analysis and Mesh Partioning Techniques”....Pages 171-175
Parallel Domain-Decomposition Preconditioning for Computational Fluid Dynamics....Pages 176-202
Influence of the Discretization Scheme on the Parallel Efficiency of a Code for the Modelling of a Utility Boiler....Pages 203-214
Parallel 3D Airflow Simulation on Workstation Clusters....Pages 215-226
Parallel Turbulence Simulation: Resolving the Inertial Subrange of the Kolmogorov Spectrum....Pages 227-237
The Study of a Parallel Algorithm Using the Laminar Backward-Facing Step Flow as a Test Case....Pages 238-249
A Low Cost Distributed System for FEM Parallel Structural Analysis....Pages 250-262
Dynamic Load Balancing in Crashworthiness Simulation....Pages 263-270
Some Concepts of the Software Package FEAST....Pages 271-284
Multilevel Mesh Partitioning for Optimising Aspect Ratio....Pages 285-300
Parallel and Distributed Computing in Education (Invited Talk)....Pages 301-330
Introduction to “Computer Organisation, Programming and Benchmarking Introduction”....Pages 331-333
Reconfigurable Systems: Past and Next 10 Years....Pages 334-354
A Systolic Algorithm for the Factorisation of Matrices Arising in the Field of Hydrodynamics....Pages 355-364
Automatic Detection of Parallel Program Performance Problems....Pages 365-377
Behavioural Analysis Methodology Oriented to Configuration of Parallel, Real-Time and Embedded Systems....Pages 378-395
Spatial Data Locality with Respect to Degree of Parallelism in Processor-and-Memory Hierarchies....Pages 396-410
Partitioning Regular Domains on Modern Parallel Computers....Pages 411-424
New Access Order to Reduce Inter-Vector Conflicts....Pages 425-438
Registers Size Influence on Vector Architectures....Pages 439-451
Limits of Instruction Level Parallelism with Data Value Speculation....Pages 452-465
High Performance Cache Management for Parallel File Systems....Pages 466-479
Using Synthetic Workloads for Parallel Task Scheduling Improvement Analysis....Pages 480-493
Dynamic Routing Balancing in Parallel Computer Interconnection Networks....Pages 494-507
Algorithm-Dependant Method to Determine the Optimal Number of Computers in Parallel Virtual Machines....Pages 508-521
Low Cost Parallelizing: A Way to be Efficient....Pages 522-533
A Performance Analysis of the SGI Origin2000....Pages 534-547
An ISA Comparison Between Superscalar and Vector Processors....Pages 548-560
Introduction to “Image, Analysis and Synthesis”....Pages 561-562
High Performance Computing for Image Synthesis....Pages 563-578
Parallel Implementations of Morphological Connected Operators Based on Irregular Data Structures....Pages 579-592
The Design of an ODMG Compatible Parallel Object Database Server....Pages 593-621
Introduction to “Nonlinear Problems”....Pages 623-626
A Parallel N-Body Integrator Using MPI....Pages 627-639
A Parallelisation Strategy for Power Systems Composite Reliability Evaluation....Pages 640-651
High Performance Computing of an Industrial Problem in Tribology....Pages 652-665
Parallel Grid Manipulations in Earth Science Calculations....Pages 666-679
Simulating Magnetised Plasma with the Versatile Advection Code....Pages 680-690
Parallel Genetic Algorithms for Hypercube Machines....Pages 691-704
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