Title :
Visualization and debugging in a heterogeneous environment
Author :
Beguelin, Adam ; Dongarra, Jack ; Geist, Al ; Sunderam, Vaidy
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors´ experiences with visualization and debugging of parallel virtual machine (PVM) applications and two of the tools they have devised to facilitate these tasks are described. One of the tools is a graphical monitoring package called Xab that can visually display PVM activities inside an application running across a network. The other is a graphical programming environment called Hence, which helps the user write, compile, execute, and trace heterogeneous distributed programs. The authors discuss their early work, the present research, and the future directions of these experimental projects.<>
Keywords :
multiprocessing programs; open systems; parallel programming; program debugging; software tools; system monitoring; virtual machines; visual programming; Hence; Xab; debugging; graphical monitoring package; graphical programming environment; heterogeneous distributed programs; heterogeneous environment; parallel virtual machine; program visualisation; Application software; Circuit analysis computing; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Hardware; Physics computing; Software debugging; Software tools; Visualization;
