Research Directions in Parallel Functional Programming

Dr. Kevin Hammond, University of St. Andrews, Fife, UK and

Dr. Greg. Michaelson, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. (Eds.)

 

November 1999 ISBN: 1-85233-092-9 528 Pages Softcover £60.00

Research Directions in Parallel Functional Programming provides a state of the art survey of research trends in parallel functional programming. It includes contributions from leading researchers and practitioners throughout the world, including the US and Canada. The first part of the book gives a comprehensive introduction to fundamental issues such as foundations, programming constructs, proof, architectures and implementations. The second provides summaries of research areas which are either of particular interest at the moment, or which promise to lead to key developments in the future.

Topics covered include:

The final chapter provides a comprehensive survey of practical applications realised using many of the parallel functional techniques and systems discussed in the rest of the book.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Fundamentals

Introduction

Foundations

Programming Language Constructs

Proof

Realisations for Strict Languages

Realisations for Non-Strict Languages

Part 2 - Current Research Areas

Data Parallelism

Cost Modelling

Shaping Distributions

Performance Monitoring

 

Memory Performance of Dataflow Programs

Portability of Performance in the BSP Model

Algorithmic Skeletons

Coordination Languages

Parallel and Distributed Programming in Concurrent Clean

Functional Process Modelling

Validating Programs in Concurrent ML

Explicit Parallelism

Part 3 - Conclusion

Large Scale Functional Applications

 

 

 

November 1999 ISBN: 1-85233-092-9 528 Pages Softcover £60.00

 

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