1 Evaluation and Performance

Why Are PVM and MPI So Different?

W. Gropp

E. Lusk

Comparison of PVM and MPI Performance in Short-Range Molecular Dynamics Simulation

J. Kitowski

K. Boryczko

J. Moscinski

Analyzing the Performance of MPI in a Cluster of Workstations Based on Fast Ethernet

J. Piernas

A. Flores

J.M. Garcia

A Comparison of MPI Performance on Different MPPs

M. Resch

H. Berger

T. Boenisch

Predicting the Performance of Injection Communication Patterns on PVM

J.L. Roda

C. Rodriguez

F. Almeida

D. Gonzalez-Morales

Evaluation of the Communication Performance on a Parallel Processing System

L.P. Santos

V. Castro

A. Proenca

Evaluating Personal High Performance Computing with PVM on Windows and LINUX Environments

P.S. Souza

L.J. Senger

M.J. Santana

R.C. Santana

Experimental Evaluation of PVM Group Communication

P.W. Uminski

M.R. Matuszek

H. Krawczyk

2 Extensions and Improvements

ARCH, An Object Oriented MPI-Based Library for Asynchronous and Loosely Synchronous Parallel System Programming

J.-M. Adamo

An Extension to MPI for Distributed Computing on MPPs

T. Beisel

E. Gabriel

M. Resch

Distributed & Cooperative Applications in PVM

C. Di Napoli

M. Giordano

M.M. Furnari

Heterogeneous MPI Application Interoperation and Process Management under PVMPI

G.E. Fagg

J.J. Dongarra

A. Geist

YLC, A C++ Linda System on Top of PVM

O. Galibert

Advanced Capabilities in PVM 3.4

G.A. Geist

Beyond PVM 3.4: What We've Learned, What's Next, and Why

G.A. Geist

J.A. Kohl

P.M. Papadopoulos

S.L. Scott

Using PVM to Build an Interface to Support Cooperative Work in a Distributed Systems Environment

G.J. Hoyos-Rivera

V.G. Sanchez-Arias

Towards Portable Message Passing in Java: Binding MPI

S. Mintchev

V. Getov

Control Activities in Message Passing Environment

G. Mysliwiec

J. Sipowicz

R. Schaefer

Global Semaphores in a Parallel Programming Environment

P. Theodoropoulos

P. Tsanakas

G. Papakonstantinou

A Synchronizing Shared Memory: Model and Programming Implementation

V. Vlassov

L.-E. Thorelli

Communication in Multi-Physics Applications

K. Wolf

E. Brakkee

D.P. Ho

3 Implementation Issues

Embedding SCI into PVM

M. Fischer

J. Simon

Implementation of MPI on NEC's SX-4 Multi-Node Architecture

R. Hempel

H. Ritzdorf

F. Zimmermann

Breaking the Curse of Dynamics by Task Migration: Pilot Experiments in the Polder Metacomputer

B.J. Overeinder

P.M.A. Sloot

PVM on the RHODOS Distributed Operating System

J. Rough

A. Goscinski

D. De Paoli

4 Tools

A Function to Dynamic Workload Allocation in Distributed Applications

F.J. Alfaro

J.A. Gallud

J.L. Sanchez

Integrating PVaniM into WAMM for Monitoring Meta-Applications

R. Baraglia

M. Cosso

D. Laforenza

M. Nicosia

Evaluation of Parallel Application's Behavior in Message Passing Environment

M. Bubak

W. Funika

J. Moscinski

Message-Passing Program Development by Ensemble

J.Y. Cotronis

Interaction Patterns Detection in PVM Programs to Support Simulation

B. Di Martino

A. Mazzeo

N. Mazzocca

U. Villano

The PALLAS Parallel Programming Environment

W. Krotz-Vogel

H.-C. Hoppe

OMIS 2.0 -- A Universal Interface for Monitoring Systems

T. Ludwig

R. Wismuller

In Quest of the Bottleneck -- Monitoring Parallel Database Systems

S. Manegold

F. Waas

D. Gudlat

Tools and Auxiliary Subsystems in PVM

V. Sunderam

B. Topol

S. Moyer

A. Krantz

Debugging Message Passing Programs Using Invisible Message Tags

R. Wismuller

5 Algorithms

On the PVM/MPI Computations of Dynamic Programming Recurrences

V. Alexandrov

K. Chan

A. Gibbons

W. Rytter

Parallel Branch and Bound Algorithms for Integer and Mixed Integer Linear Programming Problems under PVM

J.L. Alonso

H. Schmidt

V.N. Alexandrov

PVM-Implementation of the PCG Method with Displacement Decomposition

R. Blaheta

O. Jakl

J. Stary

Numerical Integration on Distributed-Memory Parallel Systems

R. Ciegis

R. Sablinskas

J. Wasniewski

PINEAPL: A European Project on Parallel Industrial Numerical Applications and Portable Libraries

M. Derakhshan

S. Hammarling

A. Krommer

Block-Cyclic Array Redistribution on Networks of Workstations

J.J. Dongarra

F. Desprez

A. Petitet

C. Randriamaro

Y. Robert

Performance of CAP-Specified Linear Algebra Algorithms

M. Mazzariol

B.A. Gennart

V. Messerli

R.D. Hersch

Implementing Parallel SBS-Type Linear Solvers Using ALWAN

G. Mysliwiec

J. Sipowicz

H. Burkhart

Highly Parallel Cryptographic Attacks

M. Peinado

R. Venkatesan

Implementation of Some Multiprocessor Algorithms for ODEs Using PVM

D. Petcu

Parallel Graph-Partitioning Using the Mob Heuristic

M. Soch

P. Tvrdik

M. Volf

Truncated Block Newton and Quasi-Newton Methods for Sparse Systems of Nonlinear Equations. Experiments on Parallel Platforms

G. Zilli

L. Bergamaschi

6 Applications in Science and Engineering

An MPI Driven Parallelization Strategy for Different Computing Platforms: A Case Study

R. Aversa

G. Iannello

N. Mazzocca

Parallel Version of a Quantum Classical Molecular Dynamics Code for Complex Molecular and Biomolecular Systems

P. Bala

T. Clark

P. Grochowski

B. Lesyng

J.A. McCammon

Running Large-Scale Air Pollution Models on Message Passing Machines

C. Bendtsen

Z. Zlatev

PVM Experiences in Developing the MIDAS Parallel Database System

G. Bozas

M. Fleischhauer

S. Zimmermann

Developing Non-Local Iterative Parallel Algorithms for GIS on Cray T3D Using MPI

A. Clematis

A. Coda

M. Spagnuolo

M. Mineter

T. Sloan

Dynamic Optimization of a Distributed VR System by Network-Balancing

K. Demuynck

J. Broeckhove

F. Arickx

Molecular Dynamics on Hybrid Memory Machines

V. Di Martino

G. Ruocco

Offering Parallelism to a Sequential Database Management System on a Network of Workstations Using PVM

M. Exbrayat

H. Kosch

Mixing Simulations: Tracking Strongly Deforming Fluid Volumes in 3D Flows

A.S. Galaktionov

P.D. Anderson

G.W.M. Peters

Parallel Crew Scheduling on Workstation Networks Using PVM

Ch. Goumopoulos

E. Housos

O. Liljenzin

MOPS -- Parallel Environment for Simulation of Electronic Circuits Using Physical Models of Semiconductor Devices

M. Grecki

G. Jablonski

A. Napieralski

Message Handling in Parallel Radiance

E. Reinhard

A. Chalmers

Parallelization of Neutron Transport Solvers

R. Roy

Z. Stankovski

Parallel Rendering of Radiance on Distributed Memory System by PVM

E. Garcia Salcines

G. Cerruela Garcia

J.I. Benavides Benitez

F. Munoz Garcia

E. Saez Pena

Parallel Turbulence Simulation: Resolving the Inertial Subrange of Kolmogorov's Spectra

M. Strietzel

Author Index