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High Performance Parallel Database Processing and Grid Databases (Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing)

David Taniar, Clement H. C. Leung, Wenny Rahayu, Sushant Goel

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This book targets the theoretical/conceptual details needed to form a base of understanding and then delivers information on development, implementations, and analytical modeling of parallel databases. It includes key information on new developments with grid databases. Also uses a theoretical and practical balance to support in-depth study of parallel query processing offered by modern DBMS as well as hands on experience of parallel query algorithms development, implementation, and analysis.

Parallel Scientific Computing in C++ and MPI: A Seamless Approach to Parallel Algorithms and their Implementation

George Em Karniadakis, Robert M. Kirby II

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101 things to do with your pet supercomputer 4 out of 5 stars.
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Scientific parallel computing is what this book is all about, and it does a very good job kneading MPI into the mathematical dough. The book assumes knowledge of mathematics (through Calculus, in some sections, and quite a bit of linear algebra) and little programming experience. This is not a book on C++ programming (not even close, and it does not pretend to be), nor is it a book on MPI programming, parallel computer design, or even the setting up of a suitable software development environment. In fact, it assumes all of the above, which leaves the way uncluttered for the exploration of the application of parallel algorithms upon familiar mathematical concepts.

An introductory C++ section is provided to get things rolling, though the level of C++ in the book amounts to simple classes and cin / cout in lieu of C's `printf' nonsense. This is good news, because it maintains the book's focus on the parallelization of mathematical procedures rather than on the irrelevant details of how cute it would all look wrapped up in a needlessly complex object hierarchy. Basic applied C++ and MPI, as and when needed to get the job done.

I personally use this text at home on my home-grown parallel Linux computer to investigate the partitioning of algorithms, such as going from a complex function to a Taylor series that may then be distributed to compute nodes.

Further MPI, C/C++, and extremely high-level parallel concepts are introduced through the book in a natural progression, as the problems at hand require their introduction. This keeps the book from being bogged down and off-topic. Kudos to the authors for remaining on course through a sea of such tempting distractions.
The book is the `how'. BYOW:)
ps: my CD was damaged so couldn't evaluate it.
4-stars

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This book provides a seamless approach to numerical algorithms, modern programming techniques and parallel computing. These concepts and tools are usually taught serially across different courses and different textbooks, thus observing the connection between them. The necessity of integrating these subjects usually comes after such courses are concluded (e.g., during a first job or a thesis project), thus forcing the student to synthesize what is perceived to be three independent subfields into one in order to produce a solution. The book includes both basic and advanced topics and places equal emphasis on the discretization of partial differential equations and on solvers. Advanced topics include wavelets, high-order methods, non-symmetric systems and parallelization of sparse systems. A CD-ROM accompanies the text.

Domain Decomposition: Parallel Multilevel Methods for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

Barry Smith, Petter Bjorstad, William Gropp

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Good book that introduces domain decomposition 4 out of 5 stars.
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A little something for everyone in this text. Discussion of computational issues, references, algorithms, and some convergence analysis. The authors do a good job of covering the subject at an understandable level. A small fault with the book is it leaves you wanting more! Excellent way to learn about these methods on your own.

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This book presents an easy-to-read discussion of domain decomposition algorithms, their implementation and analysis. The relationship between domain decomposition and multigrid methods is carefully explained at an elementary level, and discussions of the implementation of domain decomposition methods on massively parallel super computers are also included. All algorithms are fully described and explained, and a mathematical framework for the analysis and complete understanding of the methods is also carefully developed. In addition, numerous numerical examples are included to demonstrate the behaviour of this important class of numerical methods. This book is ideal for graduate students about to embark on a career in computational science. It will also be a valuable resource for all those interested in parallel computing and numerical computational methods.

Grid Computing (On Demand Series)

Joshy Joseph, Craig Fellenstein

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According to John Patrick, IBM's vice-president for Internet strategies, "thenext big thing will be grid computing."The purpose of this book will be to describe several interesting and uniqueaspects of this exciting new topic. Grid Computing is a type of parallel anddistributed system set-up that enables and encourages the sharing ofgeographically dispersed resources. In many ways, it represents theconvergence of supercomputing and web services. The book highlights manyachievements in this innovative computer science field, and it is intended to beof value to a wide spectrum of readers around the world regardless. IBM israpidly establishing itself as the global leader in the topic of Grid Computing.This book not only address IBM's leadership progress in the field, but otherglobal enterprise initiatives, specific areas of interests, synergies between manyenterprise partners in this field, and current/future deliveries in the field ofGrid Computing. Today, there is no other book like this one that explains thepromise and IBM's plans for this important initiative.

Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90, Vol. 2

William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, Brian P. Flannery

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Program listings 1 out of 5 stars.
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Although the original FORTRAN77 version of Numerical Recipes is highly acclaimed (and rightfully so, it is really worth every buck) I do not recommend this FORTRAN90 book. I was very disappointed when I received it. A huge part of the book only contains F90 program listings for the same routines that are derived and discussed in detail in Volume I (F77). The two new introductory chapters make it not worth buying the book. Instead, get the Numerical Recipes CD-ROM which includes the source code for C, F77, F90 and other languages and maybe a good introductory or reference book on F90.

(The review of "oblinqued" down below is obviously referring to the original book as the F90 book was not available in 1991).

Editorial Review:

The second volume of the Fortran Numerical Recipes series, Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90 contains a detailed introduction to the Fortran 90 language and to the basic concepts of parallel programming, plus source code for all routines from the second edition of Numerical Recipes. This volume does not repeat any of the discussion of what individual programs actually do, the mathematical methods they utilize, or how to use them.

Parallel Iterative Algorithms: From Sequential to Grid Computing (Chapman & Hall/Crc Numerical Analy & Scient Comp. Series)

Jacques Mohcine Bahi, Sylvain Contassot-Vivier, Raphael Couturier

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Focusing on grid computing and asynchronism, Parallel Iterative Algorithms explores the theoretical and practical aspects of parallel numerical algorithms. Each chapter contains a theoretical discussion of the topic, an algorithmic section that fully details implementation examples and specific algorithms, and an evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of the algorithms. Several exercises also appear at the end of most chapters. The first two chapters introduce the general features of sequential iterative algorithms and their applications to numerical problems. The book then describes different kinds of parallel systems and parallel iterative algorithms. It goes on to address both linear and nonlinear parallel synchronous and asynchronous iterative algorithms for numerical computation, with an emphasis on the multisplitting approach. The final chapter discusses the features required for efficient implementation of asynchronous iterative algorithms. Providing the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to design and implement efficient parallel iterative algorithms, this book illustrates how to apply these algorithms to solve linear and nonlinear numerical problems in parallel environments, including local, distant, homogeneous, and heterogeneous clusters.

Java Thread Programming (Sams White Book)

Paul Hyde

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Very clean intro but a bit dated 4 out of 5 stars.
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Very straightforward and gentle introduction to the Java threading mechanics.It features basic theory and examples for about 3/4 of the book with the rest of the pages dedicated to a few useful techniques to ease and streamline threads programming, which you can use in you applications or as inspiration and examples for your own devices. My only complaint is the presentation method: a bunch of code followed by a bunch of explanations. I think presenting the more relevant lines of code interleaved with explanations and then the whole example program would make learning much more effective and easy. This book is also starting to show its age, so until a second edition comes out I would recommend the O'Reilly book over this one, unless you can get it real cheap.

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Java Thread Programming shows you how to take full advantage of Java's thread facilities: when to use threads to increase your program's efficiency, how to use them effectively, and how to avoid common mistakes. There is thorough coverage of the Thread API, ThreadGroup classes, the Runnable interface, and the synchronized operator. Extensive, complete, code examples show programmers the details of creating and managing threads in real-world applications.

An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms

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Quantum Computing (Natural Computing Series)

Mika Hirvensalo

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For the classrom. 5 out of 5 stars.
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There is, by now, some variety of textbooks to choose from, covering quantum computing and quantum information;-- the output of research papers has been explosive since Peter Shor discovered his algorithm. Two books stand out as being especially ready for use in the class room, the one by Nielsen-Chuang, and the present one by Hirvensalo. The first covers more ground in physics (theory), and has a bigger selection of exercises;-- the second stresses the math and the CS side of the subject;-- it has more worked examples. It can be readily used in the classroom in a one semester course, and it will go over well with students in both math and in CS. The level is even, and a beginning student can progress in steps, following the text, and doing the exercises.

Editorial Review:

This book is devoted to quantum computing, a new, multidisciplinary research area crossing quantum mechanics, theoretical computer science and mathematics. It contains an introduction to quantum computing as well as the most important recent results on the topic. Two famous algorithms, fast factorization and Grover search, are presented in separate chapters because these inventions are important structurally and developmentally.

The presentation of the topic is uniform and computer science-oriented. Thus, the book differs from most of the previous ones which are mainly physics-oriented. The special style of presentation makes the theory of quantum computing accessible to a larger audience, including also the mathematics-oriented oriented readers. Many examples and exercises ease the understanding.

In this edition new perspectives on quantum information have been added, and numerous corrections, amendments and extensions have been incorporated throughout the text.

Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Petri Net Approach (Series in Intelligent Control and Intelligent Automation, Vol. 6)

Mengchu Zhou, Kurapati Venkatesh

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Application of Petri net in Flexible Manufacturing Systems 4 out of 5 stars.
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Application of Petri net in Flexible Manufacturing Systems modelling and perfomance analysis