Evaluation of the asynchronous iterative algorithms in the context of distant heterogeneous clusters

• Published in: Parallel computing Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 439 - 461
• Main Authors: Bahi, Jacques M., Contassot-Vivier, Sylvain, Couturier, Raphaël
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.05.2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Asynchronism; Computer Science; Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing; Grid computing; Iterative algorithms; Modeling and Simulation; Asynchronism; Grid computing; Iterative algorithms

The subject of this paper is to show the high efficiency of asynchronism for parallel iterative algorithms in the context of grid computing, that is to say, with machines scattered on a broad geographical scale. The question is: does asynchronism help to reduce the communication penalty and the over...