Abstract
In this paper we present our experience in implementing several irregular problems using a high-level actor language. The problems studied require dynamic computation of object placement and may result in load imbalance as the computation proceeds, thereby requiring dynamic load balancing. The algorithms are expressed as fine-grained computations providing maximal flexibility in adapting the computation load to arbitrary parallel architectures. Such an algorithm may be composed with different partitioning and distribution strategies (PDS's) to result in different performance characteristics. The PDS's are implemented for specific data structures or algorithms and are reusable for different parallel algorithms. We demonstrate how our methodology provides portability of algorithm specification, reusability and ease of expressibility.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 857-862 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing - Proceedings |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 10th International Parallel Processing Symposium - Honolulu, HI, USA Duration: Apr 15 1996 → Apr 19 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering