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LECTURES IN PARALLEL COMPUTATION
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Alan Gibbons (Editor), Paul Spirakis (Editor), W.F. McColl |
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0521017602 |
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9780521017602 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
20 May, 2005 |
Series: |
Cambridge International Series on Parallel Computation No. 4 |
Pages: |
448 |
Description: |
The foundations of parallel computation are the concern of this book, which may also function as a source of teaching material or reference for researchers. |
Synopsis: |
The foundations of parallel computation, especially the efficiency of computation, are the concern of this book. Distinguished international researchers have contributed fifteen chapters which together form a coherent stream taking the reader who has little prior knowledge of the field to a position of being familiar with leading edge issues. The book may also function as a source of teaching material and reference for researchers. The first part is devoted to the Parallel Random Access Machine (P-RAM) model of parallel computation. The initial chapters justify and define the model, which is then used for the development of algorithm design in a variety of application areas such as deterministic algorithms, randomisation and algorithm resilience. The second part deals with distributed memory models of computation. The question of efficiently implementing P-RAM algorithms within these models is addressed as are the immensely interesting prospects for general purpose parallel computation. |
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Cambridge University Press |
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