An Introduction to Parallel and Vector Scientific Computation

by Ronald W. Shonkwiler and Lew Lefton

Book Overview

In this text, students of applied mathematics, science and engineering are introduced to fundamental ways of thinking about the broad context of parallelism. The authors begin by giving the reader a deeper understanding of the issues through a general examination of timing, data dependencies, and communication. These ideas are implemented with respect to shared memory, parallel and vector processing, and distributed memory cluster computing. Threads,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521683378
• ISBN13: 9780521683371
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"