Topics in parallel and distributed computing : introducing concurrency in undergraduate courses / edited by Sushil K. Prasad ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : Elsevier, Morgan Kaufmann, c2015
• Descrizione fisica: xxi, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 004.35
• Soggetto topico: Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
• Altri autori: Prasad, Sushil K. Gupta, Anshul Rosenberg, Arnold L. Sussman, Alan Weems, Charles C.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Editors' introduction and road map -- Part I. For instructors -- 2. Hands-on parallelism with no prerequisites and little time using scratch -- 3. Parallelism in Python for novices -- 4. Modules for introducing threads -- 5. Introducing parallel and distributed computing concepts in digital logic -- 6. Networks and MPI for cluster computing -- Part 2. For students -- 7. Fork-join parallelism with a data-structures focus -- 8. Shared-memory concurrency control with a data-structures focus -- 9. Parallel computing in a Python-based computer science course -- 10. Parallel programming illustrated through Conway's Game of life.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Provides a cross-disciplinary approach for both those learning and those teaching parallel and distributed computing in undergraduate courses."--Back cover
• ISBN: 9780128038994
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991003608819707536
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento