Parallel Computing and Mathematical Optimization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Parallel Algorithms and Transputers for Optimization, Held at the ... in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 367) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 3540544348 ISBN 13: 9783540544340

Publisher: Springer, 1991

Synopsis

The volume contains the proceedings of a workshop on "Parallel Algorithms and Transputers for Optimization" which was held at the University of Siegenon November 9, 1991 plus some invited papers covering topics related to this workshop. In contrast to many other publications on parallel processing and supercomputers, the main focus of the contributions were "problem oriented". This view reflects the following philosophy: How can the existing computing infrastructure (PCs, workstations, local area networks) of an institution or a company be used for parallel and distribution computation. The volume contains 12 papers of 20 authors from four general areas: (I) the use of massive parallel systems (data parallelism), (II) the use of coarse-grained parallel approaches on multiprocessor systems (control parallelism), (III) OpTiX - a system for parallel nonlinear optimization and (IV) using concepts from nature for parallel optimization. Computional aspects of the work described were carried out on a broad spectrum of parallel architectures ranging from shared-memory vector multiprocessorsto networks of PCs or workstations and distributed memory multiprocessor systems such as networks of transputers or the SUPRENUM.

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This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop on Parallel Algorithms and Transputers of Optimization, held at the University of Siegen, Germany, plus invited papers covering topics related to this workshop. The contributions were mainly problem-oriented, and the approach revolved around the following basic question: how can the existing computing infrastructure (PCs, workstations, local area networks) of an institution or a company be used for parallel and distributed computation? The volume contains papers in four general areas: the use of massively parallel systems (data parallelism); the use of coarse-grained parallel approaches in multiprocessor systems (control parallelism); OpTiX - a system for parallel nonlinear optimization, and using concepts from nature for parallel optimization. Computational aspects of the work described were carried out on a broad spectrum of parallel architectures ranging from shared-memory vector multiprocessors to networks of PCs or workstations and distributed memory multiprocessor systems such as networks of transputers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540544348
• ISBN 13: 9783540544340
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 213
• Editor: Grauer Manfred, Pressmar Dieter B.