Parallel computing : theory and practice / Michael J. Quinn.
By: Quinn, Michael J. (Michael Jay)
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Contributor(s): Quinn, Michael J. (Michael Jay). Designing efficient algorithms for parallel computers.
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BookSeries: McGraw-Hill series in computer scienceNetworks--parallel and distributed computing: Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1994Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvii, 446 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0070512949 .Subject(s): Parallel computersDDC classification: 004.35 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book is approapriate for upper undergraduate/graduate courses in parallel processing, parallel computing or parallel algorithms, offered in Computer Science or Computer Engineering departments. Prerequisites include computer architecture and analysis of algorithms. This book familiarizes readers with classical results in the theory of parallel computing and provides practical insights into implementing parallel algorithms on actual parallel machines. The text includes coverage of matrix multiplications, the fast Fourier transform and combinatorial algorithms.
Rev. ed. of: Designing efficient algorithms for parallel computers. c1987.
Bibliography: (pages 391-433) and index.
Introduction -- PRAM algorithms -- Processor arrays, multiprocessors and multicomputers -- Parallel programming languages -- Mapping and scheduling -- Elementary parallel algorithms -- Matrix multiplication -- The fast fourier transform -- Solving linear systems -- Sorting -- Dictionary operations -- Graph algorithms -- Combinatorial search.