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PVM parallel programming model provides a convenient methodology of creating dynamic master/worker applications. In this paper, we introduce the benefits from the use of KappaPi tool for automatic analysis of master/worker applications. First, by the automatic detection of the master/worker paradigm in the application. And second, by the performance analysis of the application focusing on the performance bottlenecks and the limitations of this master/worker collaboration.
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Espinosa, A., Margalef, T., Luque, E. (2000). Automatic Performance Analysis of Master/Worker PVM Applications with Kpi. In: Dongarra, J., Kacsuk, P., Podhorszki, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1908. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45255-9_10
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