Applied Parallel Computing

The book provides a practical guide to computational scientists and engineers to help advance their research by exploiting the superpower of supercomputers with many processors and complex networks. This book focuses on the design and analysis of basic parallel algorithms, the key components for composing larger packages for a wide range of applications.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Performance Metrics and Models
Chapter 3. Hardware Systems
Chapter 4. Software Systems
Chapter 5. Design of Algorithms
Chapter 6. Linear Algebra
Chapter 7. Differential Equations
Chapter 8. Fourier Transforms
Chapter 9. Optimization
Chapter 10. Applications
Appendix A. MPI
Appendix B. OpenMP
Appendix C. Projects
Appendix D. Program Examples