Concurrent Computations: Algorithms, Architecture, and Technology

Tewksbury, Stuart K.; Bradley W. Dickinson; and Stuart C. Schwartz (eds)

ISBN 10: 030642939X / ISBN 13: 9780306429392

Published by Plenum Press, 1988

About this Item

Hardcover; no dustjacket. This is an Ex-Corporate-Library copy, with all the typical markings (from a Cray Research technical library). Some light surface rubbing to the boards, some bumping at the corners, and a small (~3/16") tear and some bumping at the spine head. Slight spine twist. Library labels on the boards and spine tail. There is a pocket and a couple inked library markings on the rear pastedown, and a small light stain on the last blank page; else the pages are clean, with no additional library markings. This is a fairly heavy book; Priority and/or International may require shipping over and above standard costs. ; 29A; 10" x 6-1/2"; 726 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Concurrent Computations: Algorithms, Architecture, and Technology
• Publisher: Plenum Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030642939X
• ISBN 13: 9780306429392
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

The 1987 Princeton Workshop on Algorithm, Architecture and Technology Issues for Models of Concurrent Computation was organized as an interdisciplinary work­ shop emphasizing current research directions toward concurrent computing systems. With participants from several different fields of specialization, the workshop cov­ ered a wide variety of topics, though by no means a complete cross section of issues in this rapidly moving field. The papers included in this book were prepared for the workshop and, taken together, provide a view of the broad range of issues and alternative directions being explored. To organize the various papers, the book has been divided into five parts. Part I considers new technology directions. Part II emphasizes underlying theoretical issues. Communication issues, which are ad­ dressed in the majority of papers, are specifically highlighted in Part III. Part IV includes papers stressing the fault tolerance and reliability of systems. Finally, Part V includes systems-oriented papers, where the system ranges from VLSI circuits through powerful parallel computers. Much of the initial planning of the workshop was completed through an informal AT&T Bell Laboratories group consisting of Mehdi Hatamian, Vijay Kumar, Adri­ aan Ligtenberg, Sailesh Rao, P. Subrahmanyam and myself. We are grateful to Stuart Schwartz, both for the support of Princeton University and for his orga­ nizing local arrangements for the workshop, and to the members of the organizing committee, whose recommendations for participants and discussion topics were par­ ticularly helpful. A. Rosenberg, and A. T.