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8 The use <strong>of</strong> multiple processors to solve diffusion problems<br />

using the <strong>Laplace</strong> <strong>transform</strong> <strong>isotherm</strong> migration method 145<br />

8.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />

8.1.1 Parallel Programming Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151<br />

8.1.2 MPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152<br />

8.1.3 Designing Parallel Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153<br />

8.1.4 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154<br />

8.1.5 Measuring performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154<br />

8.2 Application to the <strong>Laplace</strong> <strong>transform</strong> <strong>isotherm</strong> migration method155<br />

8.2.1 An earlier problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155<br />

8.2.2 The options for parallel implementation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Laplace</strong><br />

<strong>transform</strong> <strong>isotherm</strong> migration method . . . . . . . . . 158<br />

8.3 A Stefan problem in one dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163<br />

8.4 A Stefan problem in two dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164<br />

8.5 Conclusions regarding the <strong>Laplace</strong> <strong>transform</strong> <strong>isotherm</strong> migra-<br />

tion method solution in a parallel environment . . . . . . . . 165<br />

8.6 Summary <strong>of</strong> Chapter 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166<br />

8.6.1 Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167<br />

9 Conclusions and future work 168<br />

9.1 Summary <strong>of</strong> thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168<br />

9.2 Research objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />

9.2.1 To look at the <strong>isotherm</strong> migration method to establish<br />

its advantages and disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />

9.2.2 To develop the method further by the use <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Laplace</strong><br />

<strong>transform</strong> method and to test this method by solving<br />

problems in one dimension which did not involve phase<br />

change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176<br />

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