Vector and Parallel Processing - VECPAR 2000 4th International Conference, Porto, Portugal, June 21-23, 2000, Selected Papers and Invited Talks /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Palma, Jose M.L.M (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dongarra, Jack (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hernandez, Vicente (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1981
• Subjects: Architecture, Computer.; Numerical analysis.; Software engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Computational complexity.; Computer System Implementation.; Numeric Computing.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Computer Communication Networks.; Numerical Analysis.; Complexity.

This book is the ?nal outcome of VECPAR 2000 - 4th International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing. VECPAR constitutes a series of conferences, which have been organized by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto since 1993, with the main objective of disseminating new knowledg...

Table of Contents:

• Computational Grids, Languages, and Tools in Multiplatform Environments
• Computational Grids
• The Distributed Engineering Framework TENT
• A Parallel VRML97 Server Based on Active Objects
• Dynamic Load Balancing Model: Preliminary Results for Parallel Pseudo-search Engine Indexers/Crawler Mechanisms Using MPI and Genetic Programming
• Implementing and Analysing an Effective Explicit Coscheduling Algorithm on a NOW
• Enhancing Parallel Multimedia Servers through New Hierarchical Disk Scheduling Algorithms
• Suboptimal Communication Schedule for GEN_BLOCK Redistribution
• A SCOOPP Evaluation on Packing Parallel Objects in Run-Time
• Measuring the Performance Impact of SP-Restricted Programming in Shared-Memory Machines
• A Neural Network Based Tool for Semi-automatic Code Transformation
• A Platform Independent Parallelising Tool Based on Graph Theoretic Models
• Improving the Performance of Heterogeneous DSMs via Multithreading
• Value Prediction as a Cost-Effective Solution to Improve Embedded Processors Performance
• Cellular Automata and Applications in Computational Physics
• Cellular Automata: Applications
• The Role of Parallel Cellular Programming in Computational Science
• Optimization with Parallel Computing
• Parallelization of a Density Functional Program for Monte-Carlo Simulation of Large Molecules
• Power System Reliability by Sequential Monte Carlo Simulation on Multicomputer Platforms
• A Novel Algorithm for the Numerical Simulation of Collision-Free Plasma-Vlasov Hybrid Simulation
• An Efficient Parallel Algorithm for the Numerical Solution of Schrödinger Equation
• Linear and Non-linear Algebra
• Parallel Branch-and-Bound for Chemical Engineering Applications: Load Balancing and Scheduling Issues
• A Parallel Implementation of an Interior-Point Algorithm for Multicommodity Network Flows
• A Parallel Algorithm for Solving the Toeplitz Least Squares Problem
• An Index Domain for Adaptive Multi-grid Methods
• Parallelization of a Recursive Decoupling Method for Solving Tridiagonal Linear Systems on Distributed Memory Computer
• A New Parallel Approach to the Toeplitz Inverse Eigenproblem Using Newton-like Methods
• An Efficient Parallel Algorithm for the Symmetric Tridiagonal Eigenvalue Problem
• Non-stationary Parallel Newton Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Problems
• Parallel Pole Assignment of Single-Input Systems
• Solving the Generalized Sylvester Equation with a Systolic Library
• Imaging
• Thirty Years of Parallel Image Processing
• Parallel Image Processing System on a Cluster of Personal Computers
• Synchronous Non-local Image Processing on Orthogonal Multiprocessor Systems
• Parallel Implementation of a Track Recognition System Using Hough Transform
• Finite/Discrete Elements in Engineering Applications
• Finite/Discrete Element Analysis of Multi-fracture and Multi-contact Phenomena
• Parallel Edge-Based Finite Element Techniques for Nonlinear Solid Mechanics
• High Level Parallelization of a 3D Electromagnetic Simulation Code with Irregular Communication Patterns
• Parallel Algorithm for Fast Cloth Simulation
• A Parallel Algorithm for the Simulation of the Dynamic Behaviour of Liquid-Liquid Agitated Columns
• Simulation of Turbulent Flows
• Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Flows, from Desktop to Supercomputer.