Introduction to Parallel Programming

✍ Scribed by Steven Brawer (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Inc, Academic Press
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 416
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Tiny Fortran; Hardware and Operating System Models; Processes, Shared Memory and Simple Parallel Programs; Basic Parallel Programming Techniques; Barriers and Race Conditions; Introduction to Scheduling-Nested Loops; Overcoming Data Dependencies; Scheduling Summary; Linear Recurrence Relations--Backward Dependencies; Performance Tuning; Discrete Event, Discrete Time Simulation; Some Applications; Semaphores and Events; Programming Project. Appendixes. Index. This is the first practical guide to parallel programming written for the applications programmer with no experience in parallel programming and no formal computer science training

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-7
CHAPTER 2 - Tiny Fortran, Pages 9-25
CHAPTER 3 - Hardware and Operating System Models, Pages 27-39
CHAPTER 4 - Processes, Shared Memory, and Simple Parallel Programs, Pages 41-68
CHAPTER 5 - Basic Parallel Programming Techniques, Pages 69-101
CHAPTER 6 - Barriers and Race Conditions, Pages 103-120
CHAPTER 7 - Introduction to Scheduling—Nested Loops, Pages 121-140
CHAPTER 8 - Overcoming Data Dependencies, Pages 141-179
CHAPTER 9 - Scheduling Summary, Pages 181-187
CHAPTER 10 - Linear Recurrence Relations—Backward Dependencies, Pages 189-218
CHAPTER 11 - Performance Tuning, Pages 219-237
CHAPTER 12 - Discrete Event, Discrete Time Simulation, Pages 239-292
CHAPTER 13 - Some Applications, Pages 293-345
CHAPTER 14 - Semaphores and Events, Pages 347-368
CHAPTER 15 - Programming Projects, Pages 369-370
APPENDIX A - Equivalent C and Fortran Constructs, Pages 371-377
APPENDIX B - EPF: Fortran77 for Parallel Programming, Pages 379-399
APPENDIX C - Parallel Programming on a Uniprocessor Under Unix, Pages 401-416
Bibliography, Pages 417-418
Index, Pages 419-422
Order Form for Parallel Programs on Diskette, Page 423