The visual display of parallel performance data

Several performance visualization tools have demonstrated that helpful insights into parallel performance can be gained through graphical displays. However, much of this work has been experimental, specialized, and ad hoc. Evolving performance visualization into an integral, productive tool for eval...

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Published inComputer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 28; no. 11; pp. 21 - 28
Main Authors Heath, M.T., Malony, A.D., Rover, D.T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.11.1995
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Bridges
Computer based modeling
Computer displays
Concurrent computing
Data engineering
Data visualization
Feedback
High performance computing
Histograms
Instruments
Parallel processing
Performance analysis
Visualization
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Summary:Several performance visualization tools have demonstrated that helpful insights into parallel performance can be gained through graphical displays. However, much of this work has been experimental, specialized, and ad hoc. Evolving performance visualization into an integral, productive tool for evaluating parallel performance requires a more systematic, formal methodology that relates behavior abstractions to visual representations in a more structured way. We propose a high-level abstract model for the performance visualization process, explain its relationship to the most important concepts and principles of effective visualization practice, and illustrate the relationship between these concepts and our abstract model through specific case studies. We also discuss the relationship of performance visualization to general scientific visualization.< >
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ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/2.471176