The Art of Parallel Programming
Author | : Bruce P. Lester |
Publisher | : 1st World Publishing |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1595408398 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781595408396 |
Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The first edition of his book The Art of Parallel Programming was adopted as a course text by 62 universities. The Art of Parallel Programming is intended as a text for a first course in parallel computing, taught at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Now completely revised and updated, this book provides in-depth coverage of the major organizational techniques for parallel programs, including specific parallel algorithms to illustrate these techniques. Author Bruce P. Lester covers topics such as data partitioning, multiprocessor architecture, synchronous parallelism, MPI standard library, communication streams, data sharing, replicated workers, and much more.