Parallel Billiards and Monster Systems.

Explains how the parallel computing age inherits a body of algorithms from the sequential computing age of the past 50 years and how computer users in many engineering disciplines are shifting to parallel machines to perform parallel computing. Partial differential equations that are able to encode...

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Publicado en:Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Vol. 121; no. 1; pp. 53 - 66
Autor principal: Hasslacher, Brosl
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: MIT Press Winter92
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Sumario:Explains how the parallel computing age inherits a body of algorithms from the sequential computing age of the past 50 years and how computer users in many engineering disciplines are shifting to parallel machines to perform parallel computing. Partial differential equations that are able to encode the behavior of many important physical systems over the centuries; Exploration of monster systems; Cellular automata machines and quantum nanodevices; More.