Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers

Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers

Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers

Barry Wilkinson and Michael AlienPrentice-Hall PTR20050-13-140563-2p. 496$83.002nd ed.

This is the second edition of a text that is supported by the National Science Foundation. It is a student class book that in consequence, is well-tried and tested. It has also been revised; as one would expect, to include updated material such as cluster programming, now more easily available on current budget computer systems.

Cyberneticians and systemist need not worry that it is a student text. They can, obviously use it in the classroom but many may like to use it to improve their own familiarity with parallel programs that can be executed on networked work-stations and indeed, to learn more about the available parallel software tools. We are told that it is non-theoretical and gives a "practical" approach to techniques that can be used to develop and test parallel programs.