Abstract
We present a web computing library (PUBWCL) in Java that allows to execute strongly coupled, massively parallel algorithms in the bulk-synchronous (BSP) style on PCs distributed over the internet whose owners are willing to donate their unused computation power.
PUBWCL is realized as a peer-to-peer system and features migration and restoration of BSP processes executed on it.
The use of Java guarantees a high level of security and makes PUBWCL platform independent. In order to estimate the loss of efficiency inherent in such a Java-based system, we have compared it to our C-based PUB-Library.
Partially supported by DFG-SFB 376 “Massively Parallel Computation”.
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Bonorden, O., Gehweiler, J., der Heide, F.M.a. (2006). A Web Computing Environment for Parallel Algorithms in Java. In: Wyrzykowski, R., Dongarra, J., Meyer, N., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics. PPAM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3911. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11752578_96
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