Distributed execution of actor programs

Gul A. Agha; Chris Houck; Rajendra Panwar

doi:10.1007/BFb0038654

Distributed execution of actor programs

Gul A. Agha
, Chris Houck
, Rajendra Panwar

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Abstract

A number of programming language models, including actors, provide inherent concurrency. We are developing high-level language constructs using actors and studying their implementation on multiprocessor architectures. This report describes our experience with programming in actors by means of a specific example of scientific computation. We also discuss work in progress on compilation technology for efficient program execution on multiprocessors.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing - 4th International Workshop, Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	LCPC 1991
Editors	Utpal Banerjee, David Gelernter, Alex Nicolau, David Padua
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-17
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783540470632
ISBN (Print)	9783540554226
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0038654
State	Published - 1992

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	589

Keywords

Cholesky Decomposition
Lower Triangular Matrix
Symmetric Positive Definite
Concurrent Logic
Distribute Memory Architecture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Distributed execution of actor programs. / Agha, Gul A.; Houck, Chris; Panwar, Rajendra.
Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing - 4th International Workshop, Proceedings: LCPC 1991. ed. / Utpal Banerjee; David Gelernter; Alex Nicolau; David Padua. Berlin: Springer, 1992. p. 1-17 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 589).

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