Research Catalog

Title

Parallel computation : based on the proceedings of a conference on parallel computation / organized by the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications and held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, in September 1991 ; edited by A.E. Fincham and B. Ford.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Fincham, A. E.
• Ford, Brian J.
• Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications.

Description

x, 366 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Conference series / The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications

Uniform Title

• Conference series (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)
• Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications conference series ; new ser., 46.

Subjects

• Parallel programming
• Parallel programming (Computer science) > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• From Dinos to Rhinos / J.J. Dongarra -- Development of Numerical Software Libraries for Vector and Parallel Machines / S.J. Hammarling -- The Challenge of General Purpose Parallel Computing / W.F. McColl -- Performance Prediction for Parallel Numerical Algorithms / K. Gallivan, W. Jalby, A. Malony and H. Wijshoff -- Optimizing Air Pollution Models on Two Alliant Computers / Z. Zlatev, J. Wasniewski, M. Venugopal and J. Moth -- Calculation of Radiative Heat Transfer Through a Grey Gas on Parallel Computer Architectures / H. Al-Bahadili and J. Wood -- Exploitation of Parallelism in Direct and Semi-direct Solution of -- Large Sparse Systems / I.S. Duff -- Parallel Aspects of Iterative Methods / H.A. van der Vort -- Parallel Global Optimization: Numerical Methods, Dynamic Scheduling Methods, and Application to Molecular Configuration / R.H. Byrd, E. Eskow, R.B. Schnabel and S.L. Smith -- Iterative Algorithms and the Data-Parallel Solution of Optimization Problem / S.A. Zenios.
• Evolution of Parallel Algorithm in Dense Linear Algebra / J. Du Croz -- Parallel Iterative Solution of Sparse Linear System on a Transputer Network / R.H. Bisseling -- Concurrent Matrix Factorizations on Workstation Networks by / A. Benzoni and M.L. Sales -- Modelling Performance of MICCG Algorithms on a Multicomputer / P. Manneback and J. Qin -- Optimisation of a 532-City Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem with a Parallel Genetic Algorithm / T.C. Fogarty and J. Cui -- Scientific Applications and Parallel Computing / D.L. Gee and A.J.G. Hey -- Parallel Algorithms in Vision and Robotics / M. Brady, H. Hu, H. Wang and S. Udall.

ISBN

0198536801

LCCN

93031647

OCLC

ocm28799819

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Columbia University Libraries