Title :
Meet real-time requirements of parallel programs and maximally utilize system resources
Author_Institution :
IBM Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canada
fDate :
10/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The time-cost behavior of a program directly depends on its execution environment (i.e., the number of other programs in the system). We present techniques to analyze the time-cost behavior of programs that include the effect of their execution environment. It is assumed the underlying system has a shared memory architecture. The paper shows that one can analytically relate a parallel program´s time cost to its execution environment. A direct benefit of the work is to let us meet the real-time requirement of a parallel program and utilize maximally a multiprocessor system´s resource
Keywords :
parallel programming; programming theory; real-time systems; software cost estimation; execution environment; multiprocessor system; parallel programs; performance analysis; real-time requirements; shared memory architecture; system resources; time-cost behavior; Computational modeling; Control systems; Costs; Memory architecture; Multiprocessing systems; Parallel processing; Performance analysis; Random variables; Real time systems; Time sharing computer systems;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on