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High-Performance Computing and Geography: Developments, Issues, and Case Studies

I Turton [email protected] and S Openshaw [email protected]View all authors and affiliations

Volume 30, Issue 10

https://doi.org/10.1068/a301839

Abstract

In this paper we outline some of the results that were obtained by the application of a Cray T3D parallel supercomputer to human geography problems. We emphasise the fundamental importance of high-performance computing (HPC) as a future relevant paradigm for doing geography. We offer an introduction to recent developments and illustrate how new computational intelligence technologies can start to be used to make use of opportunities created by data riches from geographic information systems, artificial intelligence tools, and HPC in geography.

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Volume 30, Issue 10

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Manuscript received: January 15, 1997

Revision received: October 27, 1997

Published online: October 1, 1998

Issue published: October 1998

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I Turton

Centre for Computational Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England

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S Openshaw

Centre for Computational Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England

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