MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Computing & Information Technology Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
SFT5020
Distributed computation and simulation
A Sajeev and B Durnota
6 points + 4 hours per week + First semester + Caulfield
Objectives At the completion of this subject students should know the
characteristics of distributed software systems; know different programming
languages and paradigms for distributed systems; and be able to use statistical
techniques and parallel programming languages to design simulations of
distributed systems.
Synopsis Basic characteristics of distributed software systems.
Specification of distributed systems. Task partitioning and allocation. The
construction of distributed software systems. The simulation of systems, and
simulation methodology. The use of statistical techniques in designing and
analysing simulations. Case studies drawn from distributed problem solving.
Assessment Assignments: 100%
Recommended texts
- Carriero N and Gelernter D How to write parallel programs: A first
course MIT Press, 1990
- Chandy K M and Taylor S An introduction to parallel programming
Jones and Bartlett, 1992
- Lewis P A W and Orav E J Simulation methodology for statisticians,
operations analysts, and engineers vol. 1, Wadsworth and Brooks-Cole, 1989
- Shatz S M Development of distributed software Macmillan, 1993
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