Parallel Programming and Performance Evaluation with the URSA Tool Family

International Journal of Parallel Programming

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-561

  Park, Insung ^a   Voss, Michael ^a   Armstrong, Brian ^a   Eigenmann, Rudolf ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Parallel programming; Performance evaluation; Program optimization; Programming environment; Web based tool

Indexed keywords

PARALLEL PROGRAMMING;

EVALUATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0032178455     PISSN: 08857458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018720530812     Document Type: Article

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