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Parallel computing has become the natural medium for solving a wide variety of computationally intensive problems in a very fast and efficient manner. This advent was made possible with because of the availability of compilers, operating systems, and utility programs to take advantage of the power of the superior hardware. This also led to a change in the way code is developed where a sequential program is partitioned into smaller modules that can be executed in parallel. With these modules running concurrently, great savings can be made in terms of compute time and cost, and of course, use of resources.
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Salleh, S., Zomaya, A.Y. (1999). Scheduling. In: Scheduling in Parallel Computing Systems. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 510. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5065-5_1
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