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Vectorization and Parallelization of Transport Monte Carlo Simulation Codes

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In recent years, the demand for solving large scale scientific and engineering problems has grown enormously. Since many programs for solving these problems inherently contain a very high degree of parallelism, they can be processed very efficiently if algorithms employed therein expose the parallelism to the architecture of a supercomputer.

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  1. Computational Research, Fujitsu America, Inc., 3055 Orchard Drive, San Jose, CA, USA

    Kenichi Miura (Vice President)

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  1. Engineering Computing and Analysis, Boeing Computer Services, P.O. Box 24346, Seattle, WA, 98124, USA

    Janusz S. Kowalik

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Janusz S. Kowalik

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Miura, K. (1990). Vectorization and Parallelization of Transport Monte Carlo Simulation Codes. In: Kowalik, J.S. (eds) Supercomputing. NATO ASI Series, vol 62. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75771-6_21

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