Modelling and scheduling of computer programs for parallel processing systems
J.-L. Baer, Edward C. Russell · NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries) · 1968
Computer programs which involve large amounts of computation time are targets for analysis to determine two factors; (1)the portions of the program which are most time-consuming, and (2) the effect upon solution time of multiprocessor systems [1].In our automatic modelling system, analysis begins with a working source program written in a language such as FORTRAN. From this source program a graphical representation is prepared. The initial graph represents the program just as it might be processed on a single processor. In this model the flow of control, as explicitly stated by the programmer, is separated from the flow implicit in the language. Data-dependency is also recorded.