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Parallel Algorithms for the Least-Squares Finite Element Solution of the Neutron Transport Equation

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Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface (EuroPVM/MPI 2000)

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The Least-Squares Finite Element Method (LSFEM) is applied to solve the neutron transport equation. Standard parallel algorithms, such as domain partitioning or classical iterative solvers, are developed and tested for 1-D benchmarks on different architectures, the final goal being to select the most efficient approach suitable for realistic 3D problems.

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  1. Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, IGN-DGM, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montréal, H3C 3A7, Canada

    E. Varin & R. Roy

  2. Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, BP 12, 91680, Bruyéres-Le-Châtel, France

    E. Varin & G. Samba

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  1. Innovative Computing Lab., University of Tennessee, 104 Yres Hall, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Jack Dongarra

  2. MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute, P.O. Box 63, Budapest, 1518, Hungary

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Varin, E., Roy, R., Samba, G. (2000). Parallel Algorithms for the Least-Squares Finite Element Solution of the Neutron Transport Equation. In: Dongarra, J., Kacsuk, P., Podhorszki, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1908. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45255-9_19

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