| Abstract: | Load balancing is a key issue in the development of parallel algorithms with irregular structures. Existing load balancing systems each support only one specific programming paradigm and thus are of limited use. The system VDS presented here allows concurrent use of various paradigms such as fork-join, weighted tasks, and static dags (directed acyclic graphs that are known in advance). The system provides visual performance evaluation tools to facilitate the efficient application of the system. VDS supports various communication interfaces including PVM and MPI. Thus, VDS-applications can be run on architectures ranging from workstation clusters to massively parallel systems. |
