An Object-Oriented Method for Out-of-Core Parallel Computations on Cluster of Workstations

Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies, PDCAT Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 507-510

  Tang, Jianqi ^a   Fang, Binxing ^a   Hu, Mingzeng ^a   Zhang, Hongli ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster of workstations (COW); Out of core array; Out of core computation

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATA STRUCTURES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; UNIX;

CLUSTER OF WORKSTATIONS (COW); OUT-OF-CORE ARRAY; OUT-OF-CORE COMPUTATION;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642488999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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