The TAU parallel performance system

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-311

  Shende, Sameer S ^a   Malony, Allen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Instrumentation; Measurement; Performance evaluation; TAU

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; DIVERSE REQUIREMENTS; EMPIRICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PERFORMANCE SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; TUNING AND ANALYSIS UTILITIES (TAU);

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645998439     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342006064482     Document Type: Article

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