Approaching parallel computing to simulating population dynamics in demography

@article{MontaolaSales2016ApproachingPC,
  title={Approaching parallel computing to simulating population dynamics in demography},
  author={Cristina Monta{\~n}ola-Sales and Bhakti Stephan Onggo and Josep Casanovas and Jose Mar{\'i}a Cela-Esp{\'i}n and Adriana Kaplan-Marcus{\'a}n},
  journal={Parallel Comput.},
  year={2016},
  volume={59},
  pages={151-170}
}
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