Algorithms for memory hierarchies : advanced lectures / Ulrich Meyer, Peter Sanders, Jop Sibeyn (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyer, Ulrich, 1971-

Sanders, Peter, 1967-

Sibeyn, Jop.

Series:

Lecture notes in computer science. Tutorial

Lecture notes in computer science 0302-9743 ; 2625.

Lecture notes in computer science, 0302-9743 ; 2625

Tutorial

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer algorithms.

Data structures (Computer science).

Memory hierarchy (Computer science).

Physical Description:

xvii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2003.

Summary:

Algorithms that have to process large data sets have to take into account that the cost of memory access depends on where the data is stored. Traditional algorithm design is based on the von Neumann model where accesses to memory have uniform cost. Actual machines increasingly deviate from this model: while waiting for memory access, nowadays, microprocessors can in principle execute 1000 additions of registers; for hard disk access this factor can reach six orders of magnitude. The 16 coherent chapters in this monograph-like tutorial book introduce and survey algorithmic techniques used to achieve high performance on memory hierarchies; emphasis is placed on methods interesting from a theoretical as well as important from a practical point of view.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-420) and index.

ISBN:

3540008837

OCLC:

51898896