A survey of algorithmic skeleton frameworks: high-level structured parallel programming enablers

Structured parallel programs ought to be conceived as two separate and complementary entities: computation, which expresses the calculations in a procedural manner, and coordination, which s the interaction and communication. By ing commonly used patterns of parallel computation, communication, and...

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Published in:Software, practice & experience Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 1135 - 1160
Main Authors: González-Vélez, Horacio, Leyton, Mario
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.2010
Subjects:
algorithmic skeletons
concurrent programming structures
parallel computing
parallel constructs
software patterns
structured parallelism
ISSN:0038-0644, 1097-024X
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Summary:Structured parallel programs ought to be conceived as two separate and complementary entities: computation, which expresses the calculations in a procedural manner, and coordination, which s the interaction and communication. By ing commonly used patterns of parallel computation, communication, and interaction, algorithmic skeletons enable programmers to code algorithms without specifying platform‐dependent primitives. This article presents a literature review on algorithmic skeleton frameworks (ASKF), parallel software development environments furnishing a collection of parameterizable algorithmic skeletons, where the control flow, nesting, resource monitoring, and portability of the resulting parallel program is dictated by the ASKF as opposed to the programmer. Consequently, the ASKF can be positioned as high‐level structured parallel programming enablers, as their systematic utilization permits the description of programs and fosters portability by focusing on the description of the algorithmic structure rather than on its detailed implementation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ArticleID:SPE1026
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ISSN:0038-0644
1097-024X
DOI:10.1002/spe.1026