Evaluation of Parallel Architectures for BM/C3 Applications
Abstract
The availability of a variety of commercial multiprocessor computers today makes it difficult to decide on the optimal machine for any specific parallel application area. In addition to the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate machine, the characteristics of programs in the target application domain must be taken into account in making this selection. Unfortunately, neither formal techniques nor software tools are currently available to assist in this decision process. The development effort described in this report addresses the problem of deciding which class of parallel computer systems is best suited to the BM/C3 problem domain. In particular, this report describes the development of software tools for application dependent performance and dependability estimation of available parallel computers. Most commercially available parallel computer systems can be classified as bust based systems, multi-stage interconnection network (MIN) based systems, or hypercube systems. Keywords: Battle management algorithm, Mathematical analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA197357
Entities
People
- C. R. Das
- M. J. Thazhuthaveetil
- Tianshu Feng
- W. Li
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University