"Large-Scale Scientific Computing" ed. by Ivan Lirkov, Svetozar Margenov, Jerzy Wasniewski

The 93 revised full papers presented together with 5 plenary and invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on multilevel and multiscale preconditioning methods multilevel and multiscale methods for industrial applications, environmental modeling, control and uncertain systems, application of metaheuristics to large scale problems, monte carlo: methods, applications, distributed computing, grid and scientific and engineering applications, reliable numerical methods for differential equations, novel applications of optimization ideas to the numerical Solution of PDEs, and contributed talks.


This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, LSSC 2009, held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in June 2009.

Table of Contents
I Plenary and Invited Papers
An Efficiency-Based Adaptive Refinement Scheme Applied to Incompressible, Resistive Magnetohydrodynamics - J. Adler, T. Manteuffel, S. McCormick, J. Nolting, J. Ruge, and L. Tang
Discontinuous Galerkin Subgrid Finite Element Method for Heterogeneous Brinkman’s Equations - Oleg P. Iliev, Raytcho D. Lazarov, and Joerg Willems
Stochastic Simulation for Solving Random Boundary Value Problems and Some Applications - Karl Sabelfeld
On Finite Element Error Estimates for Optimal Control Problems with Elliptic PDEs - Fredi Troltzsch
On Some Stability Properties of the Richardson Extrapolation Applied Together with the θ-Method - Zahari Zlatev, Istvan Farago, and Agnes Havasi
II Multilevel and Multiscale Preconditioning Methods
On the Use of Aggregation-Based Parallel Multilevel Preconditioners in the LES of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows - Andrea Aprovitola, Pasqua D’Ambra, Daniela di Serafino, and Salvatore Filippone
An Additive Matrix Preconditioning Method with Application for Domain Decomposition and Two-Level Matrix Partitionings - Owe Axelsson
Numerical Study of AMLI Methods for Weighted Graph-Laplacians - Petia Boyanova and Svetozar Margenov
A Scalable TFETI Based Algorithm for 2D and 3D Frictionless Contact Problems - Zdenek Dostal, Tomas Brzobohaty, Tomas Kozubek, Alex Markopoulos, and Vıt Vondrak
Multilevel Preconditioning of Crouzeix-Raviart 3D Pure Displacement Elasticity Problems - Ivan Georgiev, Johannes Kraus, and Svetozar Margenov
Element-by-Element Schur Complement Approximations for General Nonsymmetric Matrices of Two-by-Two Block Form - Maya Neytcheva, Minh Do-Quang, and He Xin
Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems on Hybrid Meshes with Algebraic Multigrid Methods - Huidong Yang and Walter Zulehner
III Multilevel and Multiscale Methods for Industrial Applications
Recent Developments in the Multi-Scale-Finite-Volume Procedure - Giuseppe Bonfigli and Patrick Jenny
Boundary Element Simulation of Linear Water Waves in a Model Basin - Clemens Hofreither, Ulrich Langer, and Satyendra Tomar
Numerical Homogenization of Bone Microstructure - Nikola Kosturski and Svetozar Margenov
Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Fluid Flows in Highly Deformable Porous Media - P. Popov, Y. Efendiev, and Y. Gorb
IV Environmental Modelling
Assimilation of Chemical Ground Measurements in Air Quality Modeling - Gabriele Candiani, Claudio Carnevale, Enrico Pisoni, and Marialuisa Volta
Numerical Simulations with Data Assimilation Using an Adaptive POD Procedure - Gabriel Dimitriu, Narcisa Apreutesei, and Razvan Stefanescu
Game-Method Model for Field Fires - Nina Dobrinkova, Stefka Fidanova, and Krassimir Atanassov
Joint Analysis of Regional Scale Transport and Transformation of Air Pollution from Road and Ship Transport - K. Ganev, D. Syrakov, G. Gadzhev, M. Prodanova, G. Jordanov, N. Miloshev, and A. Todorova
Runs of UNI-DEM Model on IBM Blue Gene/P Computer and Analysis of the Model Performance - Krassimir Georgiev and Zahari Zlatev
Sensitivity Analysis of a Large-Scale Air Pollution Model: Numerical Aspects and a Highly Parallel Implementation - Tzvetan Ostromsky, Ivan T. Dimov, Rayna Georgieva, and Zahari Zlatev
Advanced Results of the PM10 and PM2.5 Winter 2003 Episode by Using MM5-CMAQ and WRF/CHEM Models - Roberto San Jose, Juan L. Perez, Jose L. Morant, F. Prieto, and Rosa M. Gonzalez
Four-Dimensional Variational Assimilation of Atmospheric Chemical Data – Application to Regional Modelling of Air Quality - Achim Strunk, Adolf Ebel, Hendrik Elbern, Elmar Friese, Nadine Goris, and Lars Peter Nieradzik
Numerical Study of Some High PM10 Levels Episodes - A. Todorova, G. Gadzhev, G. Jordanov, D. Syrakov, K. Ganev, N. Miloshev, and M. Prodanova
V Control and Uncertain Systems
Hausdorff Continuous Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Roumen Anguelov, S. Markov, and F. Minani
Stochastic Skiba Sets: An Example from Models of Illicit Drug Consumption - Roswitha Bultmann, Gustav Feichtinger, and Gernot Tragler
Classical and Relaxed Optimization Methods for Nonlinear Parabolic Optimal Control Problems - I. Chryssoverghi, J. Coletsos, and B. Kokkinis
Exponential Formula for Impulsive Differential Inclusions - Tzanko Donchev
Directional Sensitivity Differentials for Parametric Bang-Bang Control Problems - Ursula Felgenhauer
Estimates of Trajectory Tubes of Uncertain Nonlinear Control Systems - Tatiana F. Filippova
Asymptotics for Singularly Perturbed Reachable Sets - Elena Goncharova and Alexander Ovseevich
On Optimal Control Problem for the Bundle of Trajectories of Uncertain System - Mikhail I. Gusev
High-Order Approximations to Nonholonomic Affine Control Systems - Mikhail I. Krastanov and Vladimir M. Veliov
VI Application of Metaheuristics to Large Scale Problems
A Parametric Multi-start Algorithm for Solving the Response Time Variability Problem - Albert Corominas, Alberto Garc´ıa-Villoria, and Rafael Pastor
Enhancing the Scalability of Metaheuristics by Cooperative Coevolution - Ciprian Craciun, Monica Nicoara, and Daniela Zaharie
Hybrid ACO Algorithm for the GPS Surveying Problem - Stefka Fidanova, Enrique Alba, and Guillermo Molina
Generalized Nets as Tools for Modeling of the Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms - Stefka Fidanova and Krassimir Atanassov
A Scatter Search Approach for Solving the Automatic Cell Planning Problem - Francisco Luna, Juan J. Durillo, Antonio J. Nebro, and Enrique Alba
Some Aspects Regarding the Application of the Ant Colony Meta-heuristic to Scheduling Problems - Ioana Moisil and Alexandru-Liviu Olteanu
High-Performance Heuristics for Optimization in Stochastic Traffic Engineering Problems - Evdokia Nikolova
Optimization of Complex SVM Kernels Using a Hybrid Algorithm Based on Wasp Behaviour - Dana Simian, Florin Stoica, and Corina Simian
VII Monte Carlo: Methods, Applications, Distributed Computing
Enabling Cutting-Edge Semiconductor Simulation through Grid Technology - Asen Asenov, Dave Reid, Campbell Millar, Scott Roy, Gareth Roy, Richard Sinnott, Gordon Stewart, and Graeme Stewart
Incremental Reuse of Paths in Random Walk Radiosity - Francesc Castro and Mateu Sbert
Monte Carlo Adaptive Technique for Sensitivity Analysis of a Large-Scale Air Pollution Model - Ivan T. Dimov and Rayna Georgieva
Parallel Implementation of the Stochastic Radiosity Method - Roel Mart´ınez and Jordi Coma
Monte-Carlo Modeling of Electron Kinetics in Room Temperature Quantum-Dot Photodetectors - Vladimir Mitin, Andrei Sergeev, Li-Hsin Chien, and Nizami Vagidov
Particle Model of the Scattering-Induced Wigner Function Correction - M. Nedjalkov, P. Schwaha, O. Baumgartner, and S. Selberherr
Analysis of the Monte Carlo Image Creation by Uniform Separation - A.A. Penzov, Ivan T. Dimov, L. Szirmay-Kalos, and V.N. Koylazov
The Role of the Boundary Conditions on the Current Degradation in FD-SOI Devices - K. Raleva, D. Vasileska, and S.M. Goodnick
Gamma Photon Transport on the GPU for PET - L. Szirmay-Kalos, B. Toth, M. Magdics, D. Legrady, and A.A. Penzov
Transport in Nanostructures: A Comparative Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation, the Spherical Harmonic Method, and Higher Moments Models - M. Vasicek, V. Sverdlov, J. Cervenka, T. Grasser, H. Kosina, and S. Selberherr
Thermal Modeling of GaN HEMTs - D. Vasileska, A. Ashok, O. Hartin, and S.M. Goodnick
VIII Grid and Scientific and Engineering Applications
Tuning the Generation of Sobol Sequence with Owen Scrambling - Emanouil Atanassov, Aneta Karaivanova, and Sofiya Ivanovska
Applying the Improved Saleve Framework for Modeling Abrasion of Pebbles - Peter Dobe, Richard Kapolnai, Andras Sipos, and Imre Szeberenyi
Information Flow and Mirroring in an Agent-Based Grid Resource Brokering System - Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki, Michal Drozdowicz, Mehrdad Senobari, Ivan Lirkov, Sofiya Ivanovska, Richard Olejnik, and Pavel Telegin
Scatter Search and Grid Computing to Improve Nuclear Fusion Devices - Antonio Gomez-Iglesias, Miguel A. Vega-Rodrıguez, Francisco Castejon-Maga˜na, Miguel Cardenas-Montes, and Enrique Morales-Ramos
Service-Oriented Integration of Grid Applications in Heterogeneous Grids - Radoslava D. Goranova
Grid Based Environment Application Development Methodology - Dorian Gorgan, Teodor Stefanut, Victor Bacu, Danut Mihon, and Denisa Rodila
User Level Grid Quality of Service - Anastas Misev and Emanouil Atanassov
Dictionary Compression and Information Source Correction - Denes Nemeth, Mate Lakat, and Imre Szeberenyi
A Parallelization of Finite Volume Method for Calculation of Gas Microflows by Domain Decomposition Methods - Kiril S. Shterev and Stefan K. Stefanov
Background Pollution Forecast over Bulgaria - D. Syrakov, K. Ganev, M. Prodanova, N. Miloshev, G. Jordanov, E. Katragkou, D. Melas, A. Poupkou, and K. Markakis
Climate Change Impact Assessment of Air Pollution Levels in Bulgaria - D. Syrakov, M. Prodanova, N. Miloshev, K. Ganev, G. Jordanov, V. Spiridonov, A. Bogatchev, E. Katragkou, D. Melas, A. Poupkou, and K. Markakis
Effective Algorithm for Calculating Spatial Deformations of Pre-stressed Concrete Beams - Janos Torok, Denes Nemeth, and Mate Lakat
IX Reliable Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
Structurally Stable Numerical Schemes for Applied Dynamical Models - Roumen Anguelov
Matrix and Discrete Maximum Principles - Istvan Farago
On a Bisection Algorithm That Produces Conforming Locally Refined Simplicial Meshes - Antti Hannukainen, Sergey Korotov, and Michal Krızek
A Discrete Maximum Principle for Nonlinear Elliptic Systems with Interface Conditions - Janos Karatson
Inverse Problem for Coefficient Identification in Euler-Bernoulli Equation by Linear Spline Approximation - Tchavdar T. Marinov and Rossitza S. Marinova
A Fully Implicit Method for Fluid Flow Based on Vectorial Operator Splitting - Rossitza S. Marinova, Raymond Spiteri, and Eddy Essien
Discrete Maximum Principle for Finite Element Parabolic Operators - Miklos E. Mincsovics
Climate Change Scenarios for Hungary Based on Numerical Simulations with a Dynamical Climate Model - Ildiko Pieczka, Judit Bartholy, Rita Pongracz, and Adrienn Hunyady
Numerical Simulations of Reaction-Diffusion Systems Arising in Chemistry Using Exponential Integrators - Razvan Stefanescu and Gabriel Dimitriu
On the Discretization Time-Step in the Finite Element Theta-Method of the Two-Dimensional Discrete Heat Equation - Tamas Szabo
X Novel Applications of Optimization Ideas to the Numerical Solution of PDEs
A Locally Conservative Mimetic Least-Squares Finite Element Method for the Stokes Equations - Pavel Bochev and Max Gunzburger
Additive Operator Decomposition and Optimization–Based Reconnection with Applications - Pavel Bochev and Denis Ridzal
Least-Squares Spectral Element Method on a Staggered Grid - Marc Gerritsma, Mick Bouman, and Artur Palha
Mimetic Least-Squares Spectral/hp Finite Element Method for the Poisson Equation - Artur Palha and Marc Gerritsma
Adaptive Least Squares Finite Element Methods in Elasto-Plasticity - Gerhard Starke
The Automatic Construction and Solution of a Partial Differential Equation from the Strong Form - Joseph Young
XI Contributed Papers
Zienkiewicz-Type Finite Element Applied to Fourth-Order Problems - Andrey B. Andreev and Milena R. Racheva
Acceleration of Convergence for Eigenpairs Approximated by Means of Non-conforming Finite Element Methods - Andrey B. Andreev and Milena R. Racheva
A Two-Grid Method on Layer-Adapted Meshes for a Semilinear 2D Reaction-Diffusion Problem - Ivanka T. Angelova and Lubin G. Vulkov
Comparative Analysis of Solution Methods for Delay Differential Equations in Hematology - Gergana Bencheva
Solving Non-linear Systems of Equations on Graphics Processing Units - Lubomir T. Dechevsky, Børre Bang, Joakim Gundersen, Arne Laksa, and Arnt R. Kristoffersen
Computing n-Variate Orthogonal Discrete Wavelet Transforms on Graphics Processing Units - Lubomir T. Dechevsky, Joakim Gundersen, and Børre Bang
Wavelet Compression, Data Fitting and Approximation Based on Adaptive Composition of Lorentz-Type Thresholding and Besov-Type Non-threshold Shrinkage - Lubomir T. Dechevsky, Joakim Gundersen, and Niklas Grip
On Interpolation in the Unit Disk Based on Both Radon Projections and Function Values - Irina Georgieva and Rumen Uluchev
Comparison between the Marching-Cube and the Marching-Simplex Methods - Joakim Gundersen, Arnt R. Kristoffersen, and Lubomir T. Dechevsky
Transitions from Static to Dynamic State in Three Stacked Josephson Junctions - Ivan Christov, Stefka Dimova, and Todor Boyadjiev
Factorization-Based Graph Repartitionings - Katerina Jurkova and Miroslav Tuma
An Efficient Algorithm for Bilinear Strict Equivalent (BSE)- Matrix Pencils - Grigoris I. Kalogeropoulos, Athanasios D. Karageorgos, and Athanasios A. Pantelous
Two-Grid Decoupling Method for Elliptic Problems on Disjoint Domains - Miglena N. Koleva and Lubin G. Vulkov
A Method for Sparse-Matrix Computation of B-Spline Curves and Surfaces - Arne Laksa
Parallel MIC(0) Preconditioning for Numerical Upscaling of Anisotropic Linear Elastic Materials - Svetozar Margenov and Yavor Vutov
The Bpmpd Interior Point Solver for Convex Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming Problems - Csaba Meszaros
On Shape Optimization of Acoustically Driven Microfluidic Biochips - Svetozara I. Petrova
Block Preconditioners for the Incompressible Stokes Problem - M. ur Rehman, C. Vuik, and G. Segal
Author Index