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This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop on Parallel Algorithms and Transputers of Optimization, held at the University of Siegen, Germany, plus invited papers covering topics related to this workshop. The contributions were mainly problem-oriented, and the approach revolved around the following basic question: how can the existing computing infrastructure (PCs, workstations, local area networks) of an institution or a company be used for parallel and distributed computation? The volume contains papers in four general areas: the use of massively parallel systems (data parallelism); the use of coarse-grained parallel approaches in multiprocessor systems (control parallelism); OpTiX - a system for parallel nonlinear optimization, and using concepts from nature for parallel optimization. Computational aspects of the work described were carried out on a broad spectrum of parallel architectures ranging from shared-memory vector multiprocessors to networks of PCs or workstations and distributed memory multiprocessor systems such as networks of transputers.

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Author:   Manfred Grauer ,  Dieter B. Pressmar
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Volume:   367
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9783540544340

ISBN 10:   3540544348
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 October 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Parallel Newton-Raphson Methods for unconstrained Minimization with asynchronous Updates of the Hessian Matrix or its Inverse.- A parallel Algorithm for homogeneous Functions and its Implementation on a SIMD-type Computer.- Pseudo-Parallelity and distributed Programming under UNIX-System V.- Mixed-integer linear Optimization on a PC-Net.- Parallel nonlinear Optimization on a Multiprocessor System with distributed Memory.- Implementing Branch-and-Bound Algorithms on a Cluster of Workstations — A surveyt some new Results and open Problems.- About the Development of the integrated System “OpTiX” for nonlinear Optimization.- PCL — a Language for parallel Optimization on distributed Workstations.- VOpTiX — an object-oriefUed Environment for parallel Optimization.- Concepts in optimizing simulated annealing Schedules: an adaptive approach for parallel and vector machines.- Scalable Parallelism by evolutionary Algorithms.- A structured distributed genetic Algorithm for Function Optimization.

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