Scott, L. Ridgway.

Scientific parallel computing / L. Ridgway Scott, Terry Clark, Babak Bagheri. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2005. - 374 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-368) and index.

Introduction -- Parallel performance -- Computer architecture -- Dependences -- Parallel languages -- Collective operations -- Current programming standards -- The Planguage model -- High Performance Fortran -- Loop tiling -- Matrix Eigen analysis -- Linear systems -- Particle dynamics -- Mesh methods -- Sorting.

From modelling financial markets to global weather patterns, parallel computing enables computations beyond the reach of sequential methods. This text integrates all the fundamentals of parallel computing while also providing a basis for a deeper understanding of the subject.

069111935X (hbk.) 9780691119359 (hbk.)

2004114684


Parallel processing (Electronic computers)

QA76.58 / .S354 2005

004/.35