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Title:	Implementing a tool for designing portable parallel programs
Author:	Chitti, Geetha
View Online:	njit-etd1993-070 (x, 53 pages ~ 1.6 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Computer and Information Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Computer Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Eshaghian, Mary M. (Committee chair) Chao, Daniel Y. (Committee member) Wang, David T. (Committee member)
Date:	1993-05
Keywords:	Parallel programming (Computer science) Software compatibility
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The Implementation aspects of a novel parallel programming model called Cluster-M is presented in this thesis. This model provides an environment for efficiently designing highly parallel portable software. The two main components of this model are Cluster-M Specifications and Cluster-M Representations. A Cluster-M Specification consists of a number of clustering levels emphasizing computation and communication requirements of a parallel solution to a given problem. A Cluster-M Representation on the other hand, represents a multi-layered partitioning of a system graph corresponding to the topology of the target architecture. A set of basic constructs essential for writing Cluster-M Specifications using PCN are presented. Also, a. C program for generating the Cluster-M Representations is shown. Cluster-M Specifications are to be mapped onto the Representations using a proposed mapping methodology. Using Cluster-M a single software can be ported among various parallel computing systems. This thesis concentrates on the implementation of the Specifications and the Representations.