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Parallelization of neutron transport solvers

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Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface (EuroPVM/MPI 1997)

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In this paper, we present the parallel techniques pertinent to the iterative process for solving multigroup transport problems using the collision probability technique. The flexible PVM message-passing environment was used to extend the capabilities of the lattice cell codes APOLLO-II and DRAGON. Speedups are reported for various configurations useful for producing the nuclear properties in reactor simulations.

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

    Robert Roy

  2. Commissariat á l'Energie Atomique, SERMA-DMT, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France

    Žarko Stankovski

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Marian Bubak Jack Dongarra Jerzy Waśniewski

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Roy, R., Stankovski, Ž. (1997). Parallelization of neutron transport solvers. In: Bubak, M., Dongarra, J., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1332. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63697-8_122

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