TY - GEN
T1 - A Software Platform for Solving PDEs on Distributed Systems
T2 - 19th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 1995
AU - Hui, Chi Chung
AU - Hamdi, Mounir
AU - Ahmad, Ishfaq
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - This paper describes the implementation and performance of a parallel platform for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on distributed systems. The platform has been implemented using PVM for a network of workstations. It allows the inclusion of a wide range of parameters and programming aids. The PDEs are specified in the form of finite difference equations. With a given set of parameters and a partitioning strategy, the platform provides facilities to record and predict the performance of an application before running it. The performance prediction model helps the user to identify the major bottlenecks of the platform such that by reducing them, the speedup can be improved. We also present analysis of various factors that can have drastic effect on the speedup, which allows the user to tune a number of parameters to maximize the performance.
AB - This paper describes the implementation and performance of a parallel platform for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on distributed systems. The platform has been implemented using PVM for a network of workstations. It allows the inclusion of a wide range of parameters and programming aids. The PDEs are specified in the form of finite difference equations. With a given set of parameters and a partitioning strategy, the platform provides facilities to record and predict the performance of an application before running it. The performance prediction model helps the user to identify the major bottlenecks of the platform such that by reducing them, the speedup can be improved. We also present analysis of various factors that can have drastic effect on the speedup, which allows the user to tune a number of parameters to maximize the performance.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0029205612
U2 - 10.1109/CMPSAC.1995.524805
DO - 10.1109/CMPSAC.1995.524805
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0029205612
SN - 081867119X
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software & Applications Conference
SP - 383
EP - 388
BT - Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 1995
PB - IEEE
Y2 - 9 August 1995 through 11 August 1995
ER -