On the complexity of buffer allocation in message passing systems

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 692-713

  Brodsky, Alex ^a   Pedersen, Jan Bækgaard ^b   Wagner, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffer allocation; Complexity; Message passing systems; Parallel and distributed programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); SYNCHRONIZATION;

BUFFER ALLOCATION; COMPLEXITY; MESSAGE PASSING SYSTEM; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMMING;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 17744374263     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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