Introduction to Parallel Object-Oriented Scientific Computing

Abstract

High-performance scientific computing is arguably of greater importance than heretofore in the history of computing. Traditionally used primarily in support of fission- and fusion bomb design and weather forecasting, numericallyintensive applications running on massively parallel machines may be found modelling any number of natural phenomena from the smallest scale to the largest— from nuclear dynamics to the formation and evolution of the universt—as well as for the design of human artifacts—automobiles, aircraft, internal combustion engines, Pharmaceuticals—the list seems endless.