Designing and Building Parallel Programs: Concepts and Tools for Parallel Software Engineering [Paperback]

Ian Foster (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201575949 | ISBN-13: 978-0201575941 | Publication Date: February 10, 1995 | Edition: 1

In this book, Foster builds actual applications programs used to solve real engineering problems in a variety of disciplines while using the parallel computing platform, the platform of choice within the commercial world. Parallel computing-once found only in academic/research environments-is now becoming the computing platform of choice in a wide range of disciplines within the academic and commercial world. This text introduces the parallel paradigm, introduces tools of parallel programming through a variety of programming languages, and concludes by detailing actual applications examples from engineering, scientific and financial viewpoints.

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From the Back Cover

This is an introduction to parallel processing intended for junior, senior and graduate level courses. Foster builds actual applications programs and uses them to solve actual engineering problems in a variety of disciplines.

Parallel computing, once found only in academic/research environments is now becoming the computing platform of choice in a wide range of disciplines within the academic and commercial world. Engineering solutions are now primarily created on machines capable of parallel processing and scientific advances are more and more a result of the power and flexibility of the parallel paradigm.

This book is a guide to a larger resource accessible via the Internet: The Mosaic Guide to Designing and Building Parallel Programs.

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About the Author

I hold positions as Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, and Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. I lead computer science projects developing parallel languages and tools and a computational science effort developing parallel climate models. My major research interests are in various aspects of parallel and distributed computing: algorithms, languages, tools. Recently, I've been working on the techniques required to integrate high-performance computing into large-scale internetworked environments.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 430 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 1 edition (February 10, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201575949
• ISBN-13: 978-0201575941
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #971,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book available online, and was recommended by a known guru, December 3, 2007

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This review is from: Designing and Building Parallel Programs: Concepts and Tools for Parallel Software Engineering (Paperback)

This book was recommended on the [e-mail] mailing list. They pointed out the book's site - with the book online - is at http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/dbpp/ - so you can check it out and then buy a copy.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book for beginners, October 16, 1998

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This review is from: Designing and Building Parallel Programs: Concepts and Tools for Parallel Software Engineering (Paperback)

A good book for people new to parallel concepts. Good discussion of parallel concepts and current parallel tools. Easy to read.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, October 9, 2003

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Fares Fraij (El Paso, Tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing and Building Parallel Programs: Concepts and Tools for Parallel Software Engineering (Paperback)

It is one of the books I love. It is easy to read and provide a good background about parallel programs' design.