Springer, 2000. — 645 p.
This book is the third of a running series of volumes dedicated to selected topics of information systems theory and application. The objective of the series is to provide a reference source for problem solvers in business, industry, government, and professional researchers and graduate students.
The first volume, Handbook on Architectures of Information Systems, presents a balanced number of contributions from academia and practitioners. The structure of the material follows a differentiation between modeling languages, tools and methodologies. The second volume, Handbook on Electronic Commerce, examines electronic storefront, on-line business, consumer interface, business-to-business networking, digital payment, legal issues, information product development and electronic business models.
The present volume is a joint venture of an international board of editors, gathering prominent authors of academia and practice, who are well known specialists in the area of parallel and distributed processing. The intention of the Handbook is to provide practitioners, scientists and graduate students with a good overview of basic methods and paradigms, as well as important issues and trends across the broad spectrum of the above area. In particular, the book covers fundamental topics such as efficient parallel algorithms, languages for parallel processing, parallel operating systems, architecture of parallel and distributed systems, management of resources in parallel systems, tools for parallel computing, parallel database systems and multimedia object servers, and networking aspects of distributed and parallel computing. Three chapters are dedicated to applications: parallel and distributed scientific computing, high-performance computing in molecular sciences, and multimedia applications for parallel and distributed systems.
Summing up, the Handbook is indispensable for academics and professionals who are interested in learning a leading expert's coherent and individual view of the topic.
Parallel and Distributed Computing: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Trends
The Design of Efficient Parallel Algorithms
Languages for Parallel Processing
Architecture of Parallel and Distributed Systems
Parallel Operating Systems
Management of Resources in Parallel Systems
Tools for Parallel Computing: A Performance Evaluation Perspective
Parallel Database Systems and Multimedia Object Servers
Networking Aspects of Distributed and Parallel Computing
Parallel and Distributed Scientific Computing
High-performance Computing in Molecular Sciences
Multimedia Applications for Parallel and Distributed Systems