by Wong, Shing-hung Lewis. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references. / Acknowledgements / Abstract / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Technology Advancement --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Lack of Multiprocessor Standards --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Demand for Greater Processing Power --- p.1-3 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Parallel Computing --- p.1-3 / Chapter 1.1.5 --- Research Support --- p.1-4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Related works --- p.1-4 / Chapter 1.3 --- "Expectations : OS dependent, but hardware independent" --- p.1-8 / Chapter 1.4 --- Summary --- p.1-8 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Overall Design --- p.2-1 / Chapter 2.1 --- An Overview --- p.2-1 / Chapter 2.2 --- Common models --- p.2-3 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Master-Slave model --- p.2-3 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Floating Executives Using Giant Locks --- p.2-4 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Multithreaded Kernels (or Homogeneous Model) --- p.2-6 / Chapter 2.3 --- My model --- p.2-7 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Multitaskers and my Object Scheduler --- p.2-8 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Lower Layer: Object Scheduler & Message-box Handler --- p.2-10 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- "Upper Layer: ""C++*"" Language" --- p.2-12 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.2-15 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Design & Implementation Details --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1 --- Design Considerations --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Possible Scheduling Policies --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Interface to UNIX® OS --- p.3-5 / Chapter 3.2 --- Design and Implementation Details --- p.3-9 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Lower Layer: Object Scheduler & Message-box Handler --- p.3-10 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- "Upper Layer: ""C++*""Language" --- p.3-17 / Chapter 3.3 --- Summary --- p.3-23 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Simulation Results --- p.4-1 / Chapter 4.1 --- Execution of an application --- p.4-1 / Chapter 4.2 --- Design Simulation --- p.4-2 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Simulation Experiment Design --- p.4-3 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Simulation Results --- p.4-4 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Discussion --- p.4-6 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary --- p.4-7 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Sample Applications --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1 --- A Distributed Object-Oriented Visualization Package --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Design Objectives --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Design Methodology --- p.5-2 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Class Hierarchy Relation --- p.5-2 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Object Hierarchy (Contain) Relation --- p.5-4 / Chapter 5.1.5 --- Class Specifications --- p.5-5 / Chapter 5.1.6 --- Parallel Algorithms --- p.5-7 / Chapter 5.1.7 --- Speed Up of Distributed Approach --- p.5-17 / Chapter 5.1.8 --- Grain Size Considerations --- p.5-19 / Chapter 5.1.9 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.5-19 / Chapter 5.2 --- Fractal Evaluation --- p.5-28 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Unit Machine --- p.5-29 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Speed Up --- p.5-29 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Grain Size Considerations --- p.5-33 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.5-35 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.6-1 / Reference --- p.R-1 / "Appendix 1 User guide of ""C++*""" --- p.A-1 / Chapter 1 --- System Requirements --- p.A-1 / Chapter 2) --- Installation --- p.A-1 / Chapter 3) --- Usage --- p.A-1 / Chapter 4) --- Programming Interfaces --- p.A-2 / Chapter 5) --- Limitation --- p.A-2 / "Appendix 2 Coding of class "" Parallel""" --- p.A-4 / "Appendix 3 A Simple Sample Application of "" C++*""" --- p.A-17
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_319233 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Contributors | Wong, Shing-hung Lewis., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, [ii, 114] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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