An optimal algorithm for global termination detection in shared-memory asynchronous multiprocessor systems

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 538-543

  Leung, Ho Fung ^b   Ting, Hing Fung ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Optimality; Shared memory multiprocessor systems; Termination detect

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

GLOBAL TERMINATION DETECTION; SHARED MEMORY ASYNCHRONOUS MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031145222     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.598280     Document Type: Article

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