Parallel Processing Algorithms For GIS
Contributors: Richard Healey (Editor); Steve Dowers (Editor); Bruce Gittings (Editor); Mike J Mineter (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: November 30, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780748405091
Subjects: Applications of Computing; Geodesy & surveying for maps & charts; Parallel processing; Reference; General; Computers - General Information; Science; Parallel processing (Electronic computers); Parallel processing (Electroni; Geographic information systems; Data Processing - Parallel Processing; Earth Sciences - Geography; Technology / Remote Sensing; Parallel algorithms
First sentence: The basic programming model for the computer, the von Neumann model, describes the functionality of a computer in terms of a single processing unit.