Parallel systems development in education: a guided method E. Luque, J. Sorribes, R. Suppi, E. Cesar, J. L. Falguera and M. Serrano Department d lnformatica University Autonoma of Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain iinfd(jcc.uab.es Abstract Our objective is to show a parallel system development method within the educational area based on the Parallel System Development Environment (PSEE). To do so, first we define the development cycle proposed by PSEE, and the theoretical model Secondly, we use an example (matrix underlying it. multiplication algorithm) to illustrate all the method steps, which are: Algorithm Choice-Criteria, Problem Presentation (how to present the problem to the student), Modelling the algorithm (using the theoretical model), Programming (using an appropriate parallel language), Functional Simulation of the program, Behavioral Simulation (algorithm and architecture), and Trace Visualization and Evaluation. This paper gives a description of the parallel systems development method, based on our own experience with PSEE (Parallel System Evaluation Environment) [1]. Moreover the tool is also able to obtain a graphical representation of the algorithm, that could be used in the behavioral simulation. The Simulation stage is accomplished by creating or modifying the synthetical graphs of algorithms and architectures (Graph Editor), by allocating algorithm tasks
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