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Janus: A C++ Template Library for Parallel Dynamic Mesh Applications

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Computing in Object-Oriented Parallel Environments (ISCOPE 1998)

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We propose Janus, a C++ template library of container classes and communication primitives for parallel dynamic mesh applications. The paper focuses on two-phase containers that are a central component of the Janus framework. These containers are quasi-constant, i.e., they have an extended initialization phase after which they provide read-only access to their elements. Two-phase containers are useful for the efficient and easy-to-use representation of finite element meshes and generating sparse matrices. Using such containers makes it easy to encapsulate irregular communication patterns that occur when running finite element programs in parallel.

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  1. Tsukuba Research Center of the Real World Computing Partnership, Tsukuba, Japan

    Jens Gerlach, Mitsuhisa Sato & Yutaka Ishikawa

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  1. University of Nice - INRIA Sophia Antipolis, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, F-06902, Sophia Antipolis, France

    Denis Caromel

  2. Computer Science Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA

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  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, CIC-8, MS B272, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

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Gerlach, J., Sato, M., Ishikawa, Y. (1998). Janus: A C++ Template Library for Parallel Dynamic Mesh Applications. In: Caromel, D., Oldehoeft, R.R., Tholburn, M. (eds) Computing in Object-Oriented Parallel Environments. ISCOPE 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1505. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49372-7_23

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