Sourcebook of Parallel Computing

Name: Sourcebook of Parallel Computing
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ISBN: 9781558608719

ISBN-10: 1558608710

ISBN-13: 9781558608719

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jack Dongarra, Ian Foster, Geoffrey C. Fox, William Gropp, Ken Kennedy

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Providing a broad overview to parallel computers and parallel computing, this text examines their architecture and identifies key considerations for programming them. The authors demonstrate how to identify appropriate software and algorithms and the significant implementation issues.

Book details

List price: $98.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 11/11/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 842
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.586
Language: English

Geoffrey Fox is Professor of Computer Science, Informatics, and Physics at Indiana University, where he is also the Director of the Grid. He is currently focussing on earthquake science, and GRID technology to build electronic communities linking resources and people.




Parallelism



Introduction



Parallel Computer Architectures



Parallel Programming Considerations



Applications



General Application Issues



Parallel Computing in CFD



Parallel Computing in Environment and Energy



Parallel Computational Chemistry



Application Overviews



Software technologies



Software Technologies



Message Passing and Threads



Parallel I/O



Languages and Compilers



Parallel Object-Oriented Libraries



Problem-Solving Environments



Tools for Performance Tuning and Debugging



The 2-D Poisson Problem



Enabling Technologies and Algorithms



Reusable Software and Algorithms



Graph Partitioning for Scientific Simulations



Mesh Generation



Templates and Numerical Linear Algebra



Software for the Scalable Solutions of PDEs



Parallel Continuous Optimization



Path Following in Scientific Computing



Automatic Differentiation V. Conclusion



Wrap-up and Features