@Article{miyamura:adventure-io,
  author = {Tomoshi Miyamura and Shinobu Yoshimura},
  title = {Generalized {I/O} data format and interface library for module-based
  parallel finite element analysis system.},
  journal = {Advances in Engineering Software},
  year = {2004},
  month = {March},
  volume = {35},
  number = {3--4},
  pages = {149--159},
  institution = {Nihon Univ, Coll Engn, Dept Comp Sci, 1 Nakagawara, Koriyama,
  Fukushima 9638642, Japan; Nihon Univ, Coll Engn, Dept Comp Sci, Koriyama,
  Fukushima 9638642, Japan; Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Frontier Sci, Inst Environm
  Studies, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan},
  publisher = {UK : Elsevier, 2004},
  copyright = {(c)2005 Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc.; IEE; The Thomson
  Corporation},
  keywords = {data format, finite element method, generalized I/O data,
  hierarchical domain decomposition, pario-app, pario-bib},
  abstract = {In this paper, a generalized input/output (I/O) data format and
  library for a module-based parallel finite element analysis system are
  proposed. The module-based system consists of pre-, main- and post-modules,
  as well as some common libraries. The present I/O library, called
  ADVENTURE_IO, and data format are developed specifically for use in parallel
  high-performance computational mechanics system. These are rather simple
  compared to other general-purpose I/O systems such as netCDF and HDF5. A
  simple container called a finite element generic attributes (FEGAs) document
  enables the handling of almost all the I/O data in a parallel finite element
  method code. Due to the simplicity of the present system, tuning up the I/O
  library for a specific parallel environment is easy. Other major features of
  the present system are: (1) it possesses a generalized collaboration
  mechanism consisting of multiple modules in a distributed computing
  environment employing common object request broker architecture, and (2)
  abstracted data description employed in the FEGA/HDDM_FEGA document enables
  the development of a unique domain decomposer that can subdivide any kind of
  input data.}
}