NPAC Distributed-Parallel System Feasibility Study

Abstract

This study established a distributed-parallel computing testbed, comprised of two shared-memory multiprocessors linked by a wide-area network. A missile-tracking simulator application was implemented on this testbed for the purposes of evaluating the feasibility of distributed-parallel computing. Several scenarios were run and performance data collected for each of four computing modes. Preliminary evaluation of the software model and analysis of the scenario performance data are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270972

Entities

People

  • Don Hewitt
  • Gary Craig
  • Kanchana Parasuram
  • Nancy Mccracken

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Distributed Computing
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Local Area Networks
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Parallel Processors
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wide Area Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.