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A Dynamic Parallel Volume Rendering Computation Mode Based on Cluster

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2005 (ICCSA 2005)

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Based on cluster, a dynamic parallel mode–the MSGD (Master-Slave-Gleaner-Dynamic) mode is presented in this paper. Combining the load balancing with the MSG (Master-Slave-Gleane) mode, this mode brings in a load balancing strategy–task pool, which can coordinate the workload of each node effectively. A volume rendering algorithm called Splatting is used to test the performance of this mode on IBM Cluster1350. The results prove that this mode can effectively increase the total calculation speed and improve the global load balance. In addition this mode has good scalability and is suitable for various parallel volume rendering algorithms with large-scale data volume.

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  1. IBM New Technology Center, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P.R.China

    Weifang Nie, Jizhou Sun, Jing Jin, Xiaotu Li, Jie Yang & Jiawan Zhang

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, via Vanvitelli, 1, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Marina L. Gavrilova

  3. William Norris Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering, Department University of Minnesota, USA

    Vipin Kumar

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Antonio Laganà

  5. Institute of High Performance Computing, IHCP, 1 Science Park Road, 01-01 The Capricorn, Singapore Science Park II, 117528, Singapore

    Heow Pueh Lee

  6. School of Computing, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

    Youngsong Mun

  7. Clayton School of IT, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, Australia

    David Taniar

  8. OptimaNumerics Ltd, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Chih Jeng Kenneth Tan

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Nie, W., Sun, J., Jin, J., Li, X., Yang, J., Zhang, J. (2005). A Dynamic Parallel Volume Rendering Computation Mode Based on Cluster. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2005. ICCSA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3482. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11424857_44

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