Abstract
ParSim is an efficient software simulator for parallel and distributed programs on virtual parallel machines. ParSim provides the system specification language ParSpec, which allows the description of a large class of parallel systems on an abstract level.
ParSim produces a deterministic simulation. By instrumenting the binary code of the program, ParSim counts CPU cycles to determine the runtime of short fragments of code.
Explicit control of the processor and I/O utilization can be used to insert nonintrusive monitoring facilities into the program.
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Schnekenburger, T., Friedrich, M., Weininger, A., Schoen, T. (1992). ParSim: A tool for the analysis of parallel and distributed programs. In: Bougé, L., Cosnard, M., Robert, Y., Trystram, D. (eds) Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V. VAPP CONPAR 1992 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 634. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55895-0_470
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