Accelerating moderately stiff chemical kinetics in reactive-flow simulations using GPUs

@article{Niemeyer2013AcceleratingMS,
  title={Accelerating moderately stiff chemical kinetics in reactive-flow simulations using GPUs},
  author={Kyle E. Niemeyer and Chih-Jen Sung},
  journal={J. Comput. Phys.},
  year={2013},
  volume={256},
  pages={854-871}
}
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