Table of Contents

FOUNDATIONS OF PARALLEL COMPUTING.

Elements of Parallel Computing.

Data Structures for Parallel Computing.

Paradigms for Parallel Algorithm.

Simple Algorithms.

ALGORITHMS FOR GRAPH MODELS.

Tree Algorithms.

Graph Algorithms.

NC Algorithms for Chordal Graphs.

ARRAY MANIPULATION ALGORITHMS.

Searching and Merging.

Sorting Algorithms.

NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS.

Algebraic Equations and Matrices.

Differentiation and Integration.

Differential Equations.

Answers to Selected Exercises.

Index.

About the Author

C. XAVIER teaches in the Department of Computer Science at St. Xavier College in Palayamkottai, India. He has published numerous papers on parallel algorithms and more than ten computer science textbooks.

S. S. IYENGAR is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at Louisiana State University. He has published several books and more than 220 papers on high-performance algorithms and data structures and has headed research projects for such organizations as the Office of Naval Research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and others. He is a Fellow of the IEEE for research contributions to data structures and algorithms and received the University Distinguished Faculty Award.

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