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Wilkinson, Barry :

Parallel programming : techniques and applications using networked workstations and parallel computers
- Delhi : Pearson Education., 1999. - xv, 431 p. :

Included Index.

pt. 1. Basic techniques. Parallel computers --
Message-passing computing --
Embarrassingly parallel computations --
Partitioning and divide-and-conquer strategies --
Pipelined computations --
Synchronous computations --
Load balancing and termination detection --
Programming with shared memory --
pt. 2. Algorithms and applications. Sorting algorithms --
Numerical algorithms --
Image processing --
Searching and optimization --
Appendix A: Basic PVM routines --
Appendix B: Basic MPI routines --
Appendix C: Basic Pthread routines --
Appendix D: Parallel computation models.

Designed for undergraduate level parallel programming courses, this nontheoretical text covers the techniques of parallel programming in a practical manner that enables students to write and evaluate their parallel programs. It is also supported by the National Science Foundation and is class-tested.

ISBN: 0136717101 9780136717102 9788178086347 8178086344

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Parallel programming (Computer science)

Dewey Class. No.: 005.1 / WIL