A graphical toolset for simulation modelling of parallel systems

Parallel Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1823-1836

  Delaitre, T ^a   Ribeiro Justo, G R ^a   Spies, F ^a   Winter, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parallel program modelling and simulation; Parallel software engineering; Tools and environments; Visual parallel programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; GRAPHIC METHODS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

GRAPHICAL DESIGN TOOL; PARALLEL PROGRAM; VISUALIZATION TOOL;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031069678     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8191(96)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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