Langbeschreibung
Here, authors from academia and practice provide practitioners, scientists and graduates with basic methods and paradigms, as well as important issues and trends across the spectrum of parallel and distributed processing. In particular, they cover such fundamental topics 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, as well as the relevant networking aspects. A chapter is dedicated to each of parallel and distributed scientific computing, high-performance computing in molecular sciences, and multimedia applications for parallel and distributed systems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I. Parallel and Distributed Computing: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Trends.- II. The Design of Efficient Parallel Algorithms.- III. Languages for Parallel Processing.- IV. Architecture of Parallel and Distributed Systems.- V. Parallel Operating Systems.- VI. Management of Resources in Parallel Systems.- VII. Tools for Parallel Computing: A Performance Evaluation Perspective.- VIII. Parallel Database Systems and Multimedia Object Servers.- IX. Networking Aspects of Distributed and Parallel Computing.- X. Parallel and Distributed Scientific Computing.- XI. High-performance Computing in Molecular Sciences.- XII. Multimedia Applications for Parallel and Distributed Systems.- List of Contributors.