Models for Parallel and Distributed Computation
Subtitle: Theory, Algorithmic Techniques and Applications (Applied Optimization)
Contributors: R. Correa (Editor); Ines de Castro Dutra (Editor); Mario Fiallos (Editor); Luiz Fernando Gomes da Silva (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781402006234
Subjects: Parallel Processing; Parallel processing (Electroni; Data Processing - Parallel Processing; Programming - General; Computers; Computers - General Information; Computer Books: General; General; Distributed processing; Computers / Computer Science; Computers / Parallel Processing; Computers : Programming - General; Medical : General; Parallel processing (Electronic computers); Electronic data processing
First sentence: Resorting to parallelism in order to speed up computation is not a recent idea.