Coordinating Computation with Communication

While in the sequential world the programmer can concentrate on the algorithmic solution to his given problem, in parallel and distributed systems he also has to consider aspects of communication, synchronization and data movement. In this paper we describe a prototypical middleware solution that en...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inCoordination Models and Languages pp. 212 - 227
Main Author Nitsche, Thomas
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Springer
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Algorithmic Skeleton
Applied sciences
Communication Operation
Computer science; control theory; systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Exact sciences and technology
Generic Cover
Jacobi Algorithm
Parallel Program
Software
Coordination
Algorithmics
Data distribution
Skeleton
Coordinate system
Distributed system
Topology
Synchronization
Middleware
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:While in the sequential world the programmer can concentrate on the algorithmic solution to his given problem, in parallel and distributed systems he also has to consider aspects of communication, synchronization and data movement. In this paper we describe a prototypical middleware solution that enables the clear separation of these aspects. We combine algorithmic skeletons describing the computational aspects with overlapping data distributions describing the communication and synchronization. Both are expressed in a high-level manner. The system automatically coordinates the different activities and allows the programmer to easily change the underlying communication topology.
ISBN:9783540346944
3540346945
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/11767954_14