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A new numerical method for kinetic equations in several dimensions has been recently presented by Motta and Wick (1991). The method has been then applied to simple models to test its applicability to realistic physical situations. In the present paper we discuss the parallel performance of the method on a distributed memory platform based on a cluster of IBM RS/6000 superscalar workstations.
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Falsaperla, P., Motta, S. & Succi, S. Parallel efficiency of the C.R.F. method on an IBM RS/6000 cluster platform. J Sci Comput 9, 293–309 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575034
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