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@book{citeulike:449317, abstract = {{<p>A clear illustration of how parallel computers can be successfully applied<br>to large-scale scientific computations. This book demonstrates how a<br>variety of applications in physics, biology, mathematics and other sciences<br>were implemented on real parallel computers to produce new scientific<br>results. It investigates issues of fine-grained parallelism relevant for<br>future supercomputers with particular emphasis on hypercube architecture.</p><br><br><p>The authors describe how they used an experimental approach to configure<br>different massively parallel machines, design and implement basic system<br>software, and develop algorithms for frequently used mathematical<br>computations. They also devise performance models, measure the performance<br>characteristics of several computers, and create a high-performance<br>computing facility based exclusively on parallel computers. By addressing<br>all issues involved in scientific problem solving, <i>Parallel Computing<br>Works!</i> provides valuable insight into computational science for large-scale<br>parallel architectures. For those in the sciences, the findings reveal the<br>usefulness of an important experimental tool. Anyone in supercomputing and<br>related computational fields will gain a new perspective on the potential<br>contributions of parallelism. Includes over 30 full-color illustrations.</p>}}, author = {Fox, Geoffrey C. and Williams, Roy D. and Messina, Paul C.}, citeulike-article-id = {449317}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/1558602534}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&amp;path=ASIN/1558602534}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&amp;path=ASIN/1558602534}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558602534/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/1558602534}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/1558602534}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1558602534}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=1558602534&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/1558602534}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {1558602534}, keywords = {book, gfoxpub, parallel\_computing}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2005-12-26 18:37:20}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Morgan Kaufmann}}, title = {Parallel Computing Works!}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/1558602534}, year = {1994} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:449317 L3 - citeulike-article-id:449317 N2 - {<p>A clear illustration of how parallel computers can be successfully applied<br>to large-scale scientific computations. This book demonstrates how a<br>variety of applications in physics, biology, mathematics and other sciences<br>were implemented on real parallel computers to produce new scientific<br>results. It investigates issues of fine-grained parallelism relevant for<br>future supercomputers with particular emphasis on hypercube architecture.</p><br><br><p>The authors describe how they used an experimental approach to configure<br>different massively parallel machines, design and implement basic system<br>software, and develop algorithms for frequently used mathematical<br>computations. They also devise performance models, measure the performance<br>characteristics of several computers, and create a high-performance<br>computing facility based exclusively on parallel computers. By addressing<br>all issues involved in scientific problem solving, <i>Parallel Computing<br>Works!</i> provides valuable insight into computational science for large-scale<br>parallel architectures. For those in the sciences, the findings reveal the<br>usefulness of an important experimental tool. Anyone in supercomputing and<br>related computational fields will gain a new perspective on the potential<br>contributions of parallelism. Includes over 30 full-color illustrations.</p>} SN - 1558602534 TI - Parallel Computing Works! PB - {Morgan Kaufmann} KW - book KW - gfoxpub KW - parallel_computing AU - Fox, Geoffrey AU - Williams, Roy AU - Messina, Paul PY - 1994/05/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/1558602534 ER -