The special type of general linear method known as a DIMSIM can be speciali
zed to parallel computation for stiff initial value problems by considering
type 4 methods. In this paper we consider an implementation of type 4 meth
ods with A = lambda I and p = s. We also consider some generalizations of t
he type 4 DIMSIMs in an effort to make these methods more efficient. (C) 20
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