For reasons of economy and flexibility, BISDN (Broadband Integrated Services Digital
Network) is expected to replace existing application-oriented communication networks. ATM …

The topology of interconnection networks plays a key role in the performance of parallel
computing systems. A new interconnection network called exchanged crossed cube (ECQ) …

Supersystems are shown to provide enough computational power to solve complex
problems on a real-time basis. In all these systems, the computational parallelism is …

Abstract Systems with high computational capabilities are usually made of a large number of
processing elements in order to solve complex problems efficiently. To achieve this purpose …

Enterprise Architecture is a model-based approach to business-oriented IT management. To
promote good IT decision making, an enterprise architecture framework needs to explicate …

Performance Evaluation, Prediction and Visualization in Parallel Systems presents a
comprehensive and systematic discussion of theoretics, methods, techniques and tools for …

High-performance computing relies heavily on parallel and distributed systems, which
promptes us to establish both qualitative and quantitative criteria to assess the fault …

Simulation is a multi-disciplinary field, and significant simulation research is dispersed
across multiple fields of study. Distributed computer systems, software design methods, and …

This book introduces different interconnection networks applied to different systems.
Interconnection networks are used to communicate processing units in a multi-processor …

A large scale, cache-based multiprocessor that is interconnected by a hierarchical network
such as hierarchical buses or a multistage interconnection network (MIN) is considered. An …