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Parallel and Distributed Algorithms Spring 2005

Parallel and Distributed Algorithms Spring 2005. Johnnie W. Baker. Chapter 2. The PRAM Model for Parallel Computation. References. Selim Akl, Parallel Computation: Models and Methods, Prentice Hall, 1997, Updated online version available through website.

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Parallel and Distributed Algorithms Spring 2005

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  1. Parallel and Distributed Algorithms Spring 2005 Johnnie W. Baker

  2. Chapter 2 The PRAM Model for Parallel Computation

  3. References • Selim Akl, Parallel Computation: Models and Methods, Prentice Hall, 1997, Updated online version available through website. • Selim Akl, The Design of Efficient Parallel Algorithms, Chapter 2 in “Handbook on Parallel and Distributed Processing” edited by J. Blazewicz, K. Ecker, B. Plateau, and D. Trystram, Springer Verlag, 2000. • Selim Akl, Design & Analysis of Parallel Algorithms, Prentice Hall, 1989. • Cormen, Leisterson, and Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms, 1st edition (i.e., older), 1990, McGraw Hill and MIT Press, Chapter 30 on parallel algorithms. • Phillip Gibbons, Asynchronous PRAM Algorithms, Ch 22 in Synthesis of Parallel Algorithms, edited by John Reif, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1993. • Joseph JaJa, An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms, Addison Wesley, 1992. • Michael Quinn, Parallel Computing: Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill, 1994 • Michael Quinn, Designing Efficient Algorithms for Parallel Computers, McGraw Hill, 1987.

  4. Outline • Computational Models • Definition and Properties of the PRAM Model • Parallel Prefix Computation • The Array Packing Problem • Cole’s Merge Sort for PRAM • PRAM Convex Hull algorithm using divide & conquer • Issues regarding implementation of PRAM model

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