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APPENDIX A DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODSDDMs were originally used due to the lack of memory in computing systems: data needed for smaller portions of a problem could fit entirely to the memory while for the whole problem they could not. They lost their appeal as larger and cheaper memory became available, only to resurface in the era of parallel computing. These methods are inherently suited for execution on parallel architectures and many parallel implementations have been presented on multi-core computers, clusters and lately Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) [1], [2]. They are mainly distinguished by three features: subdomain partitioning, problem solution over sub-domains and sub-domain interface variable processing [3].
A.1 Sub-domain PartitioningSub-domain partitioning has to be chosen based on the desired sub-domain characteristics for the given problem. This includes choosing the number of sub-domains, the type of partitioning, and the level of overlap between the sub-domains. Each of these choices depend on a variety of factors such as size, type, and geometry of the problem domain, the number of parallel processors, communication cost, and the actual system being solved.When considering spatial domain problems, such as PDEs, the decomposition is usually g...