Handbook on Parallel and Distributed Processing

✍ Scribed by Brigitte Plateau, Denis Trystram (auth.), Prof. Dr. Jacek Błażewicz, Prof. Klaus Ecker, Prof. Brigitte Plateau, Prof. Denis Trystram (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 644
• Series: International Handbooks on Information Systems
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this volume authors of academia and practice 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 parallel and distributed processing. 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, 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 the leading expert`s view of the topic.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Parallel and Distributed Computing: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Trends....Pages 1-12
The Design of Efficient Parallel Algorithms....Pages 13-91
Languages for Parallel Processing....Pages 92-165
Architecture of Parallel and Distributed Systems....Pages 166-227
Parallel Operating Systems....Pages 228-262
Management of Resources in Parallel Systems....Pages 263-341
Tools for Parallel Computing: A Performance Evaluation Perspective....Pages 342-363
Parallel Database Systems and Multimedia Object Servers....Pages 364-409
Networking Aspects of Distributed and Parallel Computing....Pages 410-463
Parallel and Distributed Scientific Computing....Pages 464-504
High-performance Computing in Molecular Sciences....Pages 505-551
Multimedia Applications for Parallel and Distributed Systems....Pages 552-625
Back Matter....Pages 626-635

✦ Subjects

Business Information Systems; Computer Communication Networks; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Management/Business for Professionals