zenios@SCROLLS.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU (Stavros Zenios) (03/18/89)
I am exporling the use of NCS for distributed
computing for optimization problems
(i.e. large Fortran/C programs)
on our Apollo network. Anybody who has
prior experience or references on this matter
please forward them to me at
zenios@wharton.upenn.edu
A more extensive message with specific questions follows:
I am working with a
couple of graduate students to implement
some parallel optimization algorithms accross
our network. None of us has any experience with
NCS. Before I get them seriously involved in this
project I would like to get some feedback on the
following:
(1) Is NCS fully developed and supported (Not what the
manuals say; what do you as an experienced user think?)
(2) Can it be used for implementation of a Fortran/C program in
parallel?
(3) How efficient is communication accross the network? How
severly would it interfere with the speedup of the
parallel algorithm.
(4) You have any --- prefereably published --- references on the
use of NCS for distributed computing (lienar algebra, simulation,
optimization, etc)?
(5) Is there a good person at Apollo we could contact?
Thanks for any info you could give. You can also reach me
at (215) 898-6727
Stavros A. Zenios
Decision Sciences Department
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104.