Title :
A flexible library for dependable master-worker parallel programs
Author :
Leeman, Mieke ; Leeman, Marc ; De Florio, Vincenzo ; Deconinck, Geert
Author_Institution :
ESAT, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
We describe a robust library for parallel and dependable master-worker programs (raftnet). From a software client´s viewpoint, flexibility hardware independence and ease of use are the main features offered by this library, while its users may take advantage of a framework that optimises the available redundant resources so as to reach at the same time dependability, high performance and load balancing. A wide variety of applications can be targeted without major rewritings of the existing sequential code. This paper describes the implementation of this library and provides evidence to our claims describing two case studies from vision and multimedia applications.
Keywords :
application program interfaces; computer vision; message passing; multimedia computing; parallel programming; resource allocation; software libraries; software reliability; dependable master-worker parallel programs; flexible library; hardware independence; load balancing; multimedia applications; redundant resource optimisation; vision applications; Application software; Delay; Hardware; Load management; Programming profession; Robustness; Software libraries; Software performance; Streaming media; System recovery;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing, 2003. Proceedings. Eleventh Euromicro Conference on
Conference_Location :
Genova, Italy
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1875-3
DOI :
10.1109/EMPDP.2003.1183603