High Performance Computing for Computational Science - VECPAR 2002
Subtitle: 5th International Conference, Porto, Portugal, June 26-28, 2002. Selected Papers and ... Talks (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Contributors: José M.L.M. Palma (Editor); Jack Dongarra (Editor); Vicente Hernández (Editor); A. Augusto Sousa (Editor); Marina Waldén (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9783540008521
Subjects: Supercomputers; General; Computer Science; Programming - Software Development; Congresses; Computers; Computers - General Information; Engineering - General; Computer Books: General; Data Processing - Parallel Processing; Computers / Programming / Software Development; High performance computing
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