In this paper, the LogP model is used to analyze four parallel sorting algorithms (bitonic, column, radix, and sample sort). LogP characterizes the performance of modern parallel machines with a small set of parameters: the communication latency (L), overhead (o), bandwidth (g), and the number of processors (P ). We develop implementations of these algorithms in Split-C, a parallel extension to...

In this paper, the LogP model is used to analyze four parallel sorting algorithms (bitonic, column, radix, and sample sort). LogP characterizes the performance of modern parallel machines with a small set of parameters: the communication latency (L), overhead (o), bandwidth (g), and the number of processors (P ). We develop implementations of these algorithms in Split-C, a parallel extension to...

Graph partitioning has extensive applications in many areas, including scientific computing, VLSI design, and task scheduling. The problem is to partition the vertices of a graph in p roughly equal parts, such that the number of edges connecting vertices in different parts is minimized. For example, the solution of a sparse system of linear equations Ax = b via iterative methods on a parallel c...