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puting
for ics
Luciano Tarricone
Alessandra Esposito
Artech House, Inc.
Boston • London
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Tarricone, Luciano.
puting for ics/Luciano Tarricone, Alessandra Esposito.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-58053-777-4 (alk. paper)
1. Computational grids (Computer systems) 2. ism–Data processing.
I. Esposito, Alessandra. II. Title.
2004
004’.36—dc22
2004053827
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Tarricone, Luciano
puting for ics. –(Artech House ics library)
1. ism 2. Computational grids (Computer systems) I. Title II. Esposito,
Alessandra
’0285436
ISBN 1-58053-777-4
Cover design by Igor Valdman
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
puting: What Is It? xiii
puting: Who Is Who? xv
puting: An Opportunity for ics Research xv
How to Read This Book xvii
A Final Note xviii
References xviii
CHAPTER 1
General Concepts on Grids 1
Introduction 1
Parallel and Distributed Architectures 2
Parallel and Distributed Topologies 5
Parallel and Distributed Programming 7