
Parallel Computing
Numerics, Applications, and Trends
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 13. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXIV, 520 pages
978-1-84996-841-6 (ISBN)
Description
The use of parallel programming and architectures is essential for simulating and solving problems in modern computational practice. There has been rapid progress in microprocessor architecture, interconnection technology and software devel- ment, which are in?uencing directly the rapid growth of parallel and distributed computing. However, in order to make these bene?ts usable in practice, this dev- opment must be accompanied by progress in the design, analysis and application aspects of parallel algorithms. In particular, new approaches from parallel num- ics are important for solving complex computational problems on parallel and/or distributed systems. The contributions to this book are focused on topics most concerned in the trends of today's parallel computing. These range from parallel algorithmics, progr- ming, tools, network computing to future parallel computing. Particular attention is paid to parallel numerics: linear algebra, differential equations, numerical integ- tion, number theory and their applications in computer simulations, which together form the kernel of the monograph. We expect that the book will be of interest to scientists working on parallel computing, doctoral students, teachers, engineers and mathematicians dealing with numerical applications and computer simulations of natural phenomena.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews: "This is collection of 15 chapters, mostly on topics related to numerical computation . . The target audience consists of researchers, practitioners, and students. . The typesetting is of high quality, and there many well-rendered mathematical problems on display. . the book includes a tantalizingly short introduction to quantum computing. . this could become a worthwhile first approach to a new computing paradigm . . Again the included references will help those interested in the subject." (A. Squassabia, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2010)More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXIV, 520 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
814 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84996-841-6 (9781849968416)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-84882-409-6
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Roman Trobec | Marián Vajtersic | Peter Zinterhof
Parallel Computing
Numerics, Applications, and Trends
Book
06/2009
Springer
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Persons
Dr. Roman Trobec is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Systems of the Jozef Stefan institute, Slovenia.
Dr. Marian Vajtersic and Dr. Peter Zinterhof are Professors at the Department of Computer Sciences of the University of Salzburg, Austria.
Dr. Marian Vajtersic and Dr. Peter Zinterhof are Professors at the Department of Computer Sciences of the University of Salzburg, Austria.
Content
Overview - Parallel Computing: Numerics, Applications, and Trends.- to Parallel Computation.- Tools for Parallel and Distributed Computing.- Grid Computing.- Parallel Structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement.- Applications and Parallel Implementation of QMC Integration.- Parallel Evolutionary Computation Framework for Single- and Multiobjective Optimization.- WaLBerla: Exploiting Massively Parallel Systems for Lattice Boltzmann Simulations.- Parallel Pseudo-Spectral Methods for the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation.- Parallel Approaches in Molecular Dynamics Simulations.- Parallel Computer Simulations of Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues.- Parallel SVD Computing in the Latent Semantic Indexing Applications for Data Retrieval.- Short-Vector SIMD Parallelization in Signal Processing.- Financial Applications: Parallel Portfolio Optimization.- The Future of Parallel Computation.