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Practical experiments to improve PVM algorithms

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This paper describes several experiments to measure different network parameters under PVM. Mapping of tasks over different branches of the network and different broadcasting strategies based on pvm_mcast and pvm_send are compared. Intensive communication experiments have been also measured. As an example of how to apply this information, we broach the implementation of two parallel algorithms using PVM to perform the communications on a LAN.

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  1. Centro Superior de Informática Dpto. E.I.O. y Computación, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    J. Roda, J. Herrera, J. González, C. Rodríguez, F. Almeida & D. González

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Arndt Bode Jack Dongarra Thomas Ludwig Vaidy Sunderam

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Roda, J., Herrera, J., González, J., Rodríguez, C., Almeida, F., González, D. (1996). Practical experiments to improve PVM algorithms. In: Bode, A., Dongarra, J., Ludwig, T., Sunderam, V. (eds) Parallel Virtual Machine — EuroPVM '96. EuroPVM 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540617795_5

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