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Distributed and Parallel Computing
Hesham El-Rewini and Ted G. Lewis

1997 | 469 pages
ISBN: 1884777511
  $60.00 Softbound print book Out of print (?)

Index

A

access mode 378

active positions 267

Akl, S.G. 122, 143

Algorithm

A_Channel 156

A_Elect_Leader_Simple 167-168

A_Spanning_Tree 172

A_Template 155

AllSums_EREW 128

Broadcast_EREW 122

MatMult_CREW 130

MST_EREW 143-144

ParMerge_CREW 139-140

ParSearch_CREW 135-136

S_Elect_Leader_Improved 164, 166

S_Elect_Leader_Simple 160

S_Spanning_Tree 170

S_Sum_Hypercube 152-153

S_Template 152

Sort_CRCW 133

Sum_EREW 127

algorithms

clustering 243

heuristic 239-246

optimal 225, 234, 248, 250

Ali, H. 232, 234, 242, 251

Alliant

FX 93

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 70

Altair 5

Amdahl, Gene xvii, 50

Amdahl's Law 43, 50-52

American Airlines 28

Angluin, D. 158, 159

Apple 5

applets 387

arrays 401-402

creating the array object 401

declaring the array 401

initializing the array 401

asynchronous message-passing model 153-157

asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) 31

AT&T

CORBA 28

SPECmark 71

TP monitors 35

Attiya, H. 175

B

Baase, S. 143

barriers 27, 307-308

Barsis, Ed 43, 53

BASIC 4

batched 2-5

BBN Butterfly 102

behavior 389

Bell, Gordon 52, 75

benchmarks 44, 70

Debit-Credit 70

Dhrystone 72

Fermi 73

Ghrafstone 70

Gilbreath 72

JRR 73

Linpack 70, 72-73

Livermore Loops 70, 73

Mendez 73

NAS Kernel 73

PERFECT Club 70, 73

Picture Level 70

Sieve of Eratosthenes 72

SLALOM 75

SPECmark 71

Stones 73

synthetic 70

TP1 70

UNIX Today! 70

WebSTONE 76-77

Whetstone 70, 71

Benner, Robert 76

Bento 111

Bhuyan, L. N. 90

blocking 102

Bokhari, S. H. 251

Bräunl, Thomas 54, 257

Parallaxis 257

broadcast 169-171, 349

buffer 301

Bull: SPECmark 71

Burroughs Corporation xvii

byte code 388

Byzantine failures 175-178

C

C 4, 290

C++ 4, 10, 290

cache coherency 92-93

write-invalidate policy 92

write-update policy 92

cache memory 88

Canon: CORBA 28

Carnegie Mellon University 21

C.mmp experimental system 102

Cm* 102

Cartesian topology 332-334

CDC: SPECmark 71

Center for Supercomputer Research Laboratory (CSRL) 73

certification 184

Chen, S. 253

CILab

OpenDoc 28, 36, 111, 115

OpenDoc/SOM 107, 114

system object model (SOM) 112

classes 389, 393

inheritance 398-399

libraries 403

client group 367

client/server (CS) 27-28, 31-35, 370-372, 409, 412

COBOL 4

coding and unit testing 183

Coffman, E. G. 228

collective operations 345-352

Commodore personal computers 5

common gateway interface (CGI) 105

Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 28, 107, 110-112, 114

communication 225, 232, 336

barriers 343

delay 230, 239

general 271, 276-279

graph 149

models 230-232

nonblocking 338-340

one-sided 372-377

parallel 271

regular 271-275

rendezvous 343

communication modes

blocking receive 337

buffered send 337

ready send 338

synchronous send 337

communication-bound 43

communicators 329-332

intercommunicators 329

intracommunicators 329

MPI_COMM 329

MPI_COMM_NULL 331

MPI_COMM_SELF 329

MPI_COMM_WORLD 329-331

MPI_UNDEFINED 331

Compaq

personal computers 5

SPECmark 71

completion time 230, 231

component object model (COM) 36, 108

components 27

compound document 36, 83

Computer Society 75

configuration 259

CONFIGURATION (keyword) 259

connection 260

bi-directional 261

compound 262

parameterized 261

uni-directional 260

constructors 397-398

context switching 404

control flow statements 392

do/while 392-393

for 392-393

if/else 392

switch 392-393

while 392

converge-cast 169, 173-174

coordinates 334

copy-back update policy 93

Cosnard, M. 122

cost of the parallel algorithm 123

cost optimal 124

coupled 11, 21-27

crash failures 175-176

Cray

1 45

CS6400 78

Origin2000 78

T3E 78

vector Cray 11

Y-MP 45

Cray, Seymour 45, 48

creating objects 390-391

creating threads 404-406

critical path 228, 243

Curnow, J. P. 70

cutset 248

D

data distribution 15

Data General

CORBA 28

minicomputers 5

SPECmark 71

data locality 241

data packing 302-303

data partitioning 19

data types 392

dataflow parallelism 26

DataInputStream class 411

DataOutputStream class 411

data-parallel 55

processing 19

programming 19

Digital Alpha xix

Digital Equipment Corporation 79

AlphaServer 8400 5/300 78

CORBA 28

DECstation 257

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 70

minicomputers 5

ObjectBroker 111

SPECmark 71

Dell personal computers 5

Delphi 36

Desurvire, E. 6

detailed design 183

Dhall, S. 129

diameter 99

dirty bit 92

displacement 379

distributed compound documents 83

distributed computing 2-3

distributed computing environment (DCE) 35

distributed object technology 107

distributed objects 83

distributed processing 7

distributed program 6, 7

distributed memory 26

architecture 84

multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) 24

distributed-shared memory (DSM) 85

divide-and-conquer 43

dominant sequence 243

Dubois, M. 92, 93

Dupont: SPECmark 71

Dupont Pixel Systems: Graphics Performance Characterization Group 70

duty cycle 89

dynamic data exchange/dynamic link library (DDE/DLL) 108

dynamic model 362

dynamic networks 100-103

crossbar 100

multistage 100

random 100

single-stage 100

dynamic task creation 297-298

E

elapsed time 59

El-Rewini, H. 232, 234, 238, 239, 242, 251

Encina 11

end-user programming 27

ensured desktop 2-3, 5, 11

etype 379

Evans & Sutherland: Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

exceptions 400-401

execution time 225, 230

extension 390

F

fan 195, 197-198, 213

early termination 197

federated database 15

Feng, T-Y. 86, 102

Fermi National Accelerator Lab 73

fields 389, 394-395

static 395

file views 379-380

filetype 379

fine-grained 11, 17-18, 21-24, 31

Fischer, M. 176

FORTRAN 4, 290

Fortune and Wyllie 119

Freund, R. 253

front-end computer 257

Fujii, M. 228

Fujitsu

SPECmark 71

VPP 300 78

functions

MPI_Accumulate() 375

MPI_Allreduce() 347

MPI_Barrier() 343

MPI_Bcast() 349

MPI_Bsend_init() 340

MPI_Cart_coords() 334

MPI_Cart_create() 332

MPI_Cart_rank() 334

MPI_Close_port() 369

MPI_Comm_accept() 368, 370-371

MPI_Comm_connect() 369, 370-371

MPI_Comm_create() 331

MPI_Comm_dup() 331

MPI_Comm_get_parent() 366

MPI_Comm_group() 330, 363

MPI_Comm_rank() 329

MPI_Comm_remote_group() 363

MPI_Comm_remote_size() 363

MPI_Comm_size( 363

MPI_Comm_size() 330

MPI_Comm_spawn() 363-365, 370

MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple() 364, 366

MPI_Comm_split() 331

MPI_File_close() 377

MPI_File_get_view() 380

MPI_File_iread() 382

MPI_File_iread_at() 382

MPI_File_iread_shared() 382

MPI_File_iwrite() 383

MPI_File_iwrite_at() 383

MPI_File_iwrite_shared() 383

MPI_File_open() 377

MPI_File_read() 382

MPI_File_read_all() 382

MPI_File_read_at() 382

MPI_File_read_at_all() 382

MPI_File_read_orderd() 382

MPI_File_read_shared() 382

MPI_File_set_view() 379, 380

MPI_File_write() 383

MPI_File_write_all() 383

MPI_File_write_at() 383

MPI_File_write_at_all() 383

MPI_File_write_orderd() 383

MPI_File_write_shared() 383

MPI_Finalize() 325

MPI_Gather() 350

MPI_Get() 374

MPI_Graph_create() 334

MPI_Group_ range_incl() 328

MPI_Group_difference() 328

MPI_Group_excl() 326, 327

MPI_Group_incl() 327, 328

MPI_Group_intresection() 328

MPI_Group_range_excl() 326, 327

MPI_Group_range_incl() 327

MPI_Group_union() 328

MPI_Ibsend() 339

MPI_Init() 325, 329, 363

MPI_Initialize() 325

MPI_Intercomm_create() 363

MPI_Irecv() 338

MPI_Irsend() 339

MPI_Isend() 338, 339

MPI_Issend() 339

MPI_Lookup_name() 369

MPI_Open_port() 368

MPI_Publish_name() 368

MPI_Put() 374

MPI_Recv() 337, 343

MPI_Recv_init() 340

MPI_Reduce() 346

MPI_Rsend() 338

MPI_Rsend_init() 340

MPI_Scan() 348

MPI_Scatter() 350

MPI_Send() 337

MPI_Send_init() 340

MPI_Ssend() 337

MPI_Ssend_init() 340

MPI_Start() 340

MPI_startall() 340

MPI_Test() 339

MPI_Testall() 340

MPI_Testany() 340

MPI_Type_struct() 342

MPI_Unpublish_name() 369

MPI_Wait() 339

MPI_Waitall() 340

MPI_Waitany() 340

MPI_Win_complete() 375, 376

MPI_Win_fence() 376

MPI_Win_create() 372, 373, 374

MPI_Win_lock() 377

MPI_Win_post() 375, 376

MPI_Win_start() 375, 376

MPI_Win_unlock() 377

MPI_Win_wait() 375, 376

pvm_barrier() 307, 308

pvm_bcast() 304

pvm_getinst() 299

pvm_getrbuf() 302

pvm_getsbuf() 302

pvm_gettid() 299

pvm_gsize() 299

pvm_initsend() 301, 302

pvm_joingroup() 298

pvm_lvgroup() 298

pvm_mcast() 303, 304

pvm_mkbuf() 301, 302

pvm_myid() 296

pvm_nrecv() 305

pvm_packf() 302, 306

pvm_parent() 296

pvm_pkbyte() 302

pvm_pkcplx() 302

pvm_pkdcplx() 302

pvm_pkdouble() 302

pvm_pkfloat() 302

pvm_pkint() 302

pvm_pklong() 302

pvm_pkshort() 302

pvm_pkstr() 302, 306

pvm_pkuint() 302

pvm_pkulong() 302

pvm_pkushort() 302

pvm_precv() 306

pvm_psend() 304, 306

pvm_recv( ) 307

pvm_recv() 304

pvm_reduce() 309

pvm_send() 303

pvm_setrbuf() 302

pvm_setsbuf() 302

pvm_spawn() 293, 296, 297, 298

pvm_tidtohost(id) 296

pvm_trecv() 305

pvm_unpackf() 306

pvm_upk*() 306

pvm_upkbyte() 306

pvm_upkcplx() 306

pvm_upkdcplx() 306

pvm_upkdouble() 306

pvm_upkfloat() 306

pvm_upkint( ) 306

pvm_upklong() 306

pvm_upkshort() 306

pvm_upkstr() 306

pvm_upkuint() 306

pvm_upkulong() 306

pvm_upkushort() 306

G

Gabow, H. 228

Gantt chart 192, 224, 231

Garay, J. 177

gather 350

Gaussian Blur 30

Gerasoulis, A. 243

get 374

gigaflop barrier 45

global computers 28

Gold Hill: CORBA 28

Goodman, J. R. 93

Gordon Bell Prize 21, 52, 75

grain 6

grain size 2, 6-8, 11, 241

graph topology 334-335

graphical user interface (GUI) 32

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 70

gray code 96

grid 260

Grosch, Herb 44

Grosch's Law 43, 44-45

Gustafson, John 43, 53, 76

Gustafson-Barsis formula 55

Gustafson-Barsis Law 43, 52-57

H

Hamming code 98

Hamming distance 98

heavyweight process 404

heterogeneous computers 290

heterogeneous environments 252

heuristics 193

Hewlett-Packard 79

9000 257

Convex SPP 1200 78

Convex SPP 1600 78

CORBA 28

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

SPECmark 71

TP monitors 35

hierarchy structure 291-293

Hirschberg, D. 161

hit rate 89

hop 87

Hu, T. C. 226

hypercubes 95

binary 96

SIMD 99

HyperDesk: CORBA 28

hypertext markup language (HTML) 29, 104-105

I

I/O automata 153

IBM 79

CICS/6000 35

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

IBM-PC 257

personal computers 5

RP3 102

RS/6000 Powerparallel 78

RS6000 257

SOMObjectMgr 111

SPECmark 71

System/360 4

T. J. Watson Research Center 102

TP monitors 35

IF/THEN/ELSE statement 20

Illiac V xvii

incremental development 181

indexing 263-267

Informix 12

inheritance 390

initiating task 291

input streams 411

instance variables 389

instantiation 390

Intel Corporation 45, 79

iPSC/2 26

massively parallel machine 45

P6 6

P7 50

P8 50

Paragon 12, 26, 257

Paragon XP 76MP 78

Pentium 6

SPECmark 71

Teraflops Pentium Pro 78

intercommunicator 363

interconnection network 47

topology 86

interface definition language (IDL) 28, 113

interfaces 399-400

Intergraph

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

SPECmark 71

Internet xviii-xix, 28-29, 387

agents 115-117

megacomputer 103-106

interoperability 290

interval ordered tasks 227-228

iPSC/2 85

isoefficiency metric 60

J

JaJa, J. 135, 143

Java xix, 104, 387

applets xix, 387, 403

JavaBeans 107, 115

packages 403

virtual machine 388

K

kernels 70, 72

Kronsjo, L. 122

Kumar, V. 129, 135, 143

Kung, H. T. 21

L

Lakshmivara, S. 129

Lamport, L. 176

large grained 11, 21, 25-27, 29, 35-37

lazy parallelism xviii

Le Lann, G. 159

leader election problem 157-159

Lee, C. 250

Lewis, T. 242

lightweight process 404

Lo, V. 251

LOAD (statement) 280

load balancing 14

loading factor 61

locks 16, 24, 376

lockstep synchronization 258

loop-carried dependency 9

loosely coupled 11, 29-30, 35, 102

Lotus Notes 12

Lundell, S. 303

Lynch, N. 150, 153, 159, 175

M

main method 402-403

MasPar 257

massively parallel 85

master-slaves structure 291

matrix multiplication 283-284, 313-317, 353-355

using one client and multiple servers 416

using threads 415

medium grained 11, 18-21, 24-25, 30, 37

Megatek: Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

Meiko 21

Mendez, Raul 73

mesh 266

message complexity 157

message passing 26, 84, 300

Message-Passing Interface (MPI) 31, 324, 362

data types 340

data types, basic 341

data types, derived 340

Forum 362

tasks 324

message-passing libraries 31

message-passing system 83-85, 119, 149

asynchronous 150

synchronous 150

method modifier 395

methods 389, 395-396

static 396

Microsoft

ActiveX 28, 107, 115

DDE/DLL 108

OLE 36

OLE/COM 107, 108, 114

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) 33

Windows 3.x 108

Windows 95 108

Windows NT 108

middleware 33, 108

million floating-point operations per second (MFLOPS) 43

million instructions per second (MIPS) 6, 43

MIPS: SPECmark 71

miss rate 89

Modula-2 257, 281

Montry, Gary 76

Moore, Gordon 45

Moore's Law 6, 45-46

Moses, Y. 177

Motorola: SPECmark 71

MP-1 257

MP-2 257

MPI_BYTE 341

MPI_CHAR 341

MPI_COMM_WORLD 363, 364

MPI_DOUBLE 341

MPI_FLOAT 341

MPI_Group 326

MPI_Info 365

MPI_INT 341

MPI_LONG 341

MPI_LONG_DOUBLE 341

MPI_MODE_APPEND 378

MPI_MODE_CREATE 378

MPI_MODE_DELETE_ON_CLOSE 378

MPI_MODE_EXCL 378

MPI_MODE_RDONLY 378

MPI_MODE_RDWR 378

MPI_MODE_SEQUENTIAL 378

MPI_MODE_UNIQUE_OPEN 378

MPI_MODE_WRONLY 378

MPI_PACKED 341

MPI_UNIVERSE_SIZE 363

MPI_UNSIGNED 341

MPI_UNSIGNED_CHAR 341

MPI_UNSIGNED_LONG 341

MPI_UNSIGNED_SHORT 341

Multimedia Extensions (MMX) xix, 50

multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) 24, 26, 30

asynchronous 24

models 24

multiprogramming 11

multistage interconnection network (MIN) 100

blocking networks 102

nonblocking network 102

omega 100

multitasking 11

multithreading 404-409

mutual exclusion 24, 406-408

mutual exclusion lock 24

N

NAS (NASA/Ames Suite) 74

NASA Ames Research Center 74

NASA/Ames 73

National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) 71

n-body problem 184-189

NC-class 124-125

NCR

CORBA 28

SPECmark 71

nCube 12, 85

nCube/10 52

network computing 27-29

network graph, two-terminal 248

network paradigm 6

node 86

nonblocking send/receive 338

non-uniform memory access (NUMA) 86, 102

North Star personal computers 5

Novell Tuxedo 35

NP-completeness 193, 223, 237-238, 251

NP-complete problems 125, 236

number of hops 87

O

Object Data Base Management Standard (ODBMS) 114

Object Database Management Group (ODMG) 114

ODMG-93 115

object linking and embedding (OLE) 108

Object Management Group (OMG) 28, 107, 112

object orientation 387

object references 390

object request broker (ORB) 28, 111

ObjectDesign: CORBA 28

object-oriented paradigm 389

objects 389, 393-394

on-line transaction processor (OLTP) 12, 37

Open Systems Foundation: RPC mechanisms 111

ORACLE 11, 12

output streams 411

override 390

P

Papadimitriou, C. H. 227

par 195, 201-202

paradigms of computing 4

Parallaxis 257, 259

parallel applications 412

parallel computing 2, 48

parallel I/O 377-383

parallel operations 267-269

parallel processing 7

parallel random access machine (PRAM) 119-120

CRCW PRAM 121

CREW PRAM 121

ERCW PRAM 121

EREW PRAM 121-122

Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) 31, 257, 290-291, 296, 300

daemon 300

environment 300

Parsytech Corp 21

partitioning 7-10, 253

Pascal 4

P-complete problems 125

P-completeness 124-125

PERFECT (PERFormance Evaluation for Cost-effective Transformations) 73

Phillips: CORBA 28

pipe 195, 203-205

pipeline 17-18, 21, 49

polylogarithmic 125

PowerBuilder 11, 12, 36

precedence constraints 307

precedence synchronization 343

preliminary design 183

Prim 143

Prime 28

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

minicomputers 5

prime numbers 284-285, 317-321, 355-357

procedural oriented 389

processor

array 257, 258

efficiency 60

speed 60

utilization 59

Processor Technology personal computers 5

put 374

Q

Quinn, M. 143

R

race conditions 24

rank 324, 334

rate of arrival 61

read lock 25

receive 300

blocking 304-305

nonblocking 305

timeout 305

reduction 309, 346

many-to-many 347

reduction operations 269-271

MPI_BAND 347

MPI_BOR 347

MPI_BXOR 347

MPI_LAND 347

MPI_LOR 347

MPI_LXOR 347

MPI_MAX 347

MPI_MIN 347

MPI_PROD 347

MPI_SUM 347

references, this 396-397

reliability xviii

remote memory access (RMA) 372

remote memory access synchronization 375-377

remote procedure call (RPC) 34, 114

blocking 34

nonblocking 34

requirements capture 183

response time xviii, 60

reverse-engineering 181, 205

Rice, John 73

run time 123

Runnable interface 406

run-time environment 362-363

S

Sake, Mark 76

Sandia National Laboratories 76

Gordon Bell Prize 52

Sarkar, V. 243

scalability 64, 85

scan 348

scatter 350

scheduling 191-194

deterministic 223

dynamic 223

heuristic 194

homogeneous environments 253

nondeterministic 223, 241-242

list scheduling algorithms 225

model 223-225

precedence constrained scheduling (PCS) 224

priority-based 242-243

problem 222, 222-223

static 223

two processor 228-229

send 300

Sequent Computer

Balance and Symmetry 84

MIMD systems 12

S27 90

S81 90

shared-memory MIMD machines 88

Symmetry 26, 90, 91

server group 367

Sethi, R. 228

setting the context 267

SGI 79

Iris 257

Origin2000 85

SGI/Cray Origin2000 78

shared-memory MIMD machines 88

shared database 11

shared memory

distributed 102

multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) 24-25

single instruction, multiple data (SM SIMD) machine 120

virtual 102

shared network 2, 3

shared database 35-38

shared memory system 83-84, 119

bus-based 83

switch-based 83

Siegel, H. 253

Siemens: SPECmark 71

Silicon Graphics, Inc. 76

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

MIMD systems 12

multiprocessor servers 84

SPECmark 71

SIMD MasPar 11

Sinclair, J. 161

single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) 11, 18-21

data parallel 257

single procedure, multiple data (SPMD) 20, 21, 25, 291

versus single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) 20-21

size of problem 20

SLALOM Benchmark (Scalable, Language-independent, Ames Laboratory, One-minute Measurement) 75

SmallTalk 4

snoopy cache protocol 93

Socket class 410

sockets xix, 34, 409-411

abstraction 409

active 410

passive 409

Soft-Switch: CORBA 28

software agent 105

Solbourne: SPECmark 71

Sollin 143

space complexity 123

speedup 51, 66

curve 43

spiral model 182

SPMD Meiko 12

SQL 11

standalone applications 387

standard generalized markup language (SGML) 29

standard graphical markup language (SGML) 29

Standard PL/I 4

star graph 291

star network 96

Stardent: SPECmark 71

state machine 151

static networks 94-100

Stenstrom 93

Stone, Harold 248

STORE (statement) 280

Strecker, W. D. 90

String class 402

subclass 390

subclassing 398

subscalar processors 89

Sun Microsystems

Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

Java 29

JavaBeans 28

MIMD systems 12

multiprocessor servers 84

shared-memory MIMD machines 88

SPARCstation 257

SPECmark 71

TP monitors 35

SunSoft

CORBA 28

RPC mechanisms 111

superclass 390

supercomputer 45

super-linear speedup 67

superscalar parallelism 48-49

superscalar processors 89

supervisor-workers structure 197, 291, 291-293, 352, 370-371

Sybase 12

symmetric multiple processors (SMP) 35, 86

systems 83

synchronization 16, 342-345

constructs 306

mechanism 24

synchronous computing 21

synchronous message-passing model 150-153

system architecture 11

system object model (SOM) 36, 112

system testing and tuning 183

systolic arrays 21-23, 96

T

Tandy personal computers 5

task 195, 195-197

task allocation 246-252

model 247

optimal 248

problem 223

task duplication 245-246

task graphs 192, 224-225

augmented 233-234

clustering of 243

in-forest 225-227, 232

interval order 225

out-forest 225-226, 232

task groups 326-328

task identifier (TID) 296

task rank 329-330

Tektronix: Graphics Performance Characterization Group 71

TeraKIPS 6

Tesler, Lawrence 3

Thakkar, S. 92, 93

Thinking Machines Corporation CM-1 21

thread 404

scheduling 408-409

Thread class 404

3COM: CORBA 28

throughput xviii, 44, 60

throw statement 400

tightly coupled 11, 17-21, 102

time complexity 123, 157

time sharing 2, 3, 5

torodial mesh 96

TP monitors 35

Transaction Processing Consortium (TPC) 58

Transarc Encina 35

transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) 29

tree 195, 198-201

network 96

Trent, Gene 76

trivially parallel 14, 43

Trystram, D. 122

try-catch-finally clause 401

Tuxedo 11

U

Ullman, J. 236

uniform memory access (UMA) 102

Unisys

CORBA 28

SPECmark 71

use 184

V

validation 184

variables

scalar 262

vector 262

vector/array processing 18

very long instruction word (VLIW) 50

virtual connections 259

virtual machines 258

virtual processors 258, 259, 265

virtual topologies 332-335

VisiCalc 5

Visual BASIC 11, 12, 36

von Neumann computer 257, 258

von Neumann machine 46, 47

von Neumann, John xvii, 27, 46

von Neumann's bottleneck 43

W

Weicker, R. P. 72

Wichmann, B. A. 70

window fence 376

Workstation Laboratories: Ghrafstone benchmark 70

World Wide Web (WWW) 12, 29, 83, 85, 104-105, 107, 115

write lock 25

write-once protocol 93

write-through 92

X

XDR 301

Y

Yang, T. 243

Yannakakis, M. 227

DESCRIPTION

Distributed and Parallel Computing is a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art in concurrent computing. It covers four major aspects:

  • Architecture and performance

  • Theory and complexity analysis of parallel algorithms

  • Programming languages and systems for writing parallel and distributed programs

  • Scheduling of parallel and distributed tasks

Cutting across these broad topical areas are the various "programming paradigms", e.g., data parallel, control parallel, and distributed programming. After developing these fundamental concepts, the authors illustrate them in a wide variety of algorithms and programming languages. Of particular interest is the final chapter which shows how Java can be used to write distributed and parallel programs. This approach gives the reader a broad, yet insightful, view of the field.

Many books on parallel computing have been published during the last 10 years or so. Most are already outdated since the themes and technologies in this area are changing very rapidly. Particularly, the notion that parallel and distributed computing are two separate fields is now beginning to fade away; technological advances have been bridging the gap. Distributed and Parallel Computing is unique in recognizing how distributed systems are utlized for parallel computations. The coverage and the contents represent the state of the art.

Distributed and Parallel Computing is designed for computer science and engineering students as well as professionals in the field (programmers, managers, technologists).

ABOUT THE AUTHORS...

Hesham El-Rewini is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the coauthor of three books in the area of parallel and distributed computing. He is serving on the editorial board of IEEE Concurrency and is an associate editor of IASTED International Journal on Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks. Ted G. Lewis is chairman of computer science at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA., and president/owner of Technology Assessment Group, (TAG), a private company dedicated to tailored research and analysis of computer systems technology with emphasis on the software industry. He is the author of many books spanning 20 years and was editor-in-chief of IEEE Software and Computer.
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