• DocumentCode
    1142064
  • Title

    On Block-Parallel Methods for Solving Linear Equations

  • Author

    Wallach, Yehuda ; Konrad, Victor

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    5/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    354
  • Lastpage
    359
  • Abstract
    An MIMD-type parallel-processing system was introduced recently. Using an extended PL/I notation, algorithms for the Gauss-Seidel method and for back substitution are written for this system. Block execution is shown to result in higher speedups.
  • Keywords
    Back substitution; Gauss-Seidel; MIMD; linear equations; parallel processing; speedup; Computer science; Equations; Gaussian processes; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; Master-slave; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Sparse matrices; Back substitution; Gauss-Seidel; MIMD; linear equations; parallel processing; speedup;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1980.1675585
  • Filename
    1675585