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ParMETIS

Abstract
ParMETIS is an MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety of algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs and for computing fill-reducing orderings for sparse matrices. ParMETIS is particularly suited for parallel numerical simulations involving large unstructured meshes. For these computations, ParMETIS dramatically reduces the time spent in communication by decomposing the mesh in a way that balances the load and minimizes the number of interface elements.
Cost
ParMETIS is distributed freely.
DateOfInformation
Fri Jun 12 13:55:05 1998
Domain
Numerical Programs and Routines!Graph and mesh partitioning
Name
ParMETIS
TargetEnvironment
It is written entirely in ANSI C and MPI and is portable on most parallel computers that support MPI. It has been extensively tested on the following machines: SGI Challenge Cray T3D IBM SP 2
Version
1.0.1
VersionDate
July 18, 1997
Webpage
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis/parmetis/main.html
ContactIs
George Karypis

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