• DocumentCode
    301793
  • Title

    A novel parallel algorithm for enumerating combinations

  • Author

    Zhou, Bing Bing ; Brent, R.P. ; Qu, Xiaohui ; Liang, W.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci. Lab., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    12-16 Aug 1996
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Abstract
    We propose a new algorithm for parallel enumeration of combinations. This algorithm uses N processing elements (or PEs). We prove that, if N and M are relatively prime, each PE will do the same operations and generate the same number of distinct combinations so that the computational load is well balanced. The algorithm has an important application in solving the problem of fault tolerance in replicated file systems
  • Keywords
    fault tolerant computing; parallel algorithms; replicated databases; combinations enumeration; computational load; fault tolerance; parallel algorithm; processing elements; replicated file systems; Australia; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Fault tolerant systems; File systems; Parallel algorithms; Parallel processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Parallel Processing, 1996. Vol.3. Software., Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ithaca, NY
  • ISSN
    0190-3918
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-7623-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPP.1996.539062
  • Filename
    539062