Title :
Dataflow computing models, languages, and machines for intelligence computations
Author :
Herath, Jayantha ; Yamaguchi, Yoshinori ; Saito, Nobuo ; Yuba, Toshitsugu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors compare dataflow computing models, languages, and dataflow computing machines for numerical and nonnumerical computations. The high-level-language-graph transformations that must be performed to achieve high performance for numerical and nonnumerical programs executed in a dataflow computing environment are described for Lisp, using the DCBL transformations. Some general problems of dataflow computing machines are discussed. Performance evaluation measurements obtained by executing benchmark programs in the ETL nonnumerical dataflow computing environment, the EM-3, are presented
Keywords :
LISP; high level languages; parallel machines; parallel programming; performance evaluation; DCBL; EM-3; ETL; Lisp; benchmark programs; dataflow computing environment; dataflow computing machines; dataflow computing models; dataflow languages; functional programming; high-level-language-graph transformations; intelligence computations; parallel programming; performance evaluation; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Computer science education; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Machine intelligence; Parallel algorithms; Parallel processing; Physics computing; Processor scheduling;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
