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In earlier work we presented a structured process for the development of large-scale parallel applications and a supporting underlying formal framework which is based on a DAG-like structure extended with data- and control-dependences. The applicability of this process strongly relies on the manageability of the diverse steps which, for this reason, concentrate each on one development aspect only. This paper proposes a number of tools which can support the process in each of the three main stages and which allow a further precision and structure of various steps, thereby leading to an improvement of the decisions that need to be made. It also discusses subsequent improvements on the process which become feasible by the proposed software support and explains how this will eventually lead to an interactive software support for the entire process.
This research was supported by the EC ‘Eurochip’ project.
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Körver, W.H.F.J., Geschiere, J.P. (1996). On Potential Software Support for a Three-Phase Development Process for Parallel Large-Scale Applications. In: Jesshope, C., Shafarenko, S. (eds) UK Parallel ’96. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1504-5_2
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