Parallel numerical computation with applications [workshop organized in the IEEE 7th Symposium on the Frontiers on Massively Parallel Computers (Frontiers '99) at Annapolis, Maryland, February 20 - 25, 1999 ; papers presented at the 1998 Frontiers of Para

Parallel Numerical Computations with Applications contains selected edited papers presented at the 1998 Frontiers of Parallel Numerical Computations and Applications Workshop, along with invited papers from leading researchers around the world. These papers cover a broad spectrum of topics on parallel numerical computation with applications; such as advanced parallel numerical and computational optimization methods, novel parallel computing techniques, numerical fluid mechanics, and other applications related to material sciences, signal and image processing, semiconductor technology, and electronic circuits and systems design. This state-of-the-art volume will be an up-to-date resource for researchers in the areas of parallel and distributed computing. "Parallel Numerical Computation with Applications contains selected edited papers presented at the 1998 Frontiers of Parallel Numerical Computations and Applications Workshop, along with invited papers from leading researchers around the world."--BOOK JACKET. "This state-of-the-art volume will be an up-to-date resource for researchers in the areas of parallel and distributed computing."--Jacket Solving large sparse systems of linear equations is at the heart of many engineering and scientific computing applications.