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Writing parallel programs is not a simple task. Especially, writing parallel programs for a heterogeneous computing environment is even more difficult. In this paper, a coordination algorithm is implemented to support programmers to write implicitly parallel programs in a heterogeneous computing environment. The programs can be written in a sequential programming language that the programmers are familiar with and feel comfortable to write. In addition, the implicit parallelism allows programmers not to worry about how the tasks are to be performed in parallel. The programmers only focus on what the tasks are supposed to do.
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Wu, H., Chiang, CC. (2011). Implementing a Coordination Algorithm for Parallelism on Heterogeneous Computers. In: Kim, Th., et al. Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education. ASEA 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 257. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27207-3_23
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