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Object-Oriented Implementation of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method in Parallel Computing Environment

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GMES which stands for GIST Maxwell’s Equations Solver is a Python package for a Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulation. The FDTD method widely used for electromagnetic simulations is an algorithm to solve the Maxwell’s equations. GMES follows Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm for the good maintainability and usability. With the several optimization techniques along with parallel computing environment, we could make the fast and interactive implementation. Execution speed has been tested in a single host and Beowulf class cluster. GMES is open source and available on the web (http://www.sf.net/projects/gmes).

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  1. Department of Information and Communications, School of Photon Science and Technology, 261 Cheomdan-gwagiro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-712, Republic of Korea

    Kyungwon Chun, Huioon Kim, Hyunpyo Hong & Youngjoo Chung

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  1. Technology Information (KISTI), Korea Institute of Science &, Gwahangno 335, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Ok-Hwan Byeon

  2. Science & Technology (KAIST), Dept. Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of, Guseong-dong 373-1, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Jang Hyuk Kwon

  3. Applications (NCSA), National Center for Supercomputing, W. Clark Street 1205, Urbana, 61801, USA

    Thom Dunning

  4. Technology Information (KISTI), Korea Institute of Science &, Gwahangno 335, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kum Won Cho

  5. Labo. Physique Nucléaire et de, Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Université Paris VI, place Jussieu 4, Paris CX 5, 75252, France

    Aurore Savoy-Navarro

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Chun, K., Kim, H., Hong, H., Chung, Y. (2010). Object-Oriented Implementation of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method in Parallel Computing Environment. In: Byeon, OH., Kwon, J., Dunning, T., Cho, K., Savoy-Navarro, A. (eds) Future Application and Middleware Technology on e-Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1719-5_14

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