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\iteman{io-port 05476907}
\itemau{Wnag, X.; Blum, E.K.}
\itemti{Parallel execution of iterative computations on workstation clusters.}
\itemso{J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. 34, No. 2, 218-226 (1996).}
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Summary: Methods are developed for transforming sequential programs for iterative computations into parallel-distributed versions which execute in parallel on a cluster of workstation or PC nodes on a local area network. We focus on communication issues and present algorithms for interprocess communication implemented by UNIX TCP/IP socket commands. Results of performance tests on several application problems, such as simulation of neural networks and the Jacobi method for solving linear equations, representative of a large class of application problems are presented. Analysis indicates that, for problems with rather intensive computation, speedups of better than $2p/3$ are possible with an optimal number $p$ of nodes on a single Ethernet bus segment. Preliminary tests on small clusters show efficient speedups even for nonoptimal $p$.
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\itemcc{C.2.5}
\itemut{local area network}
\itemli{doi:10.1006/jpdc.1996.0058}
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