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Global Communication

  1. Distribute communication/computation
    Si = Xi+Si-1
    Concurrency only for multiple summations!
  2. Uncover concurrency: divide&conquer
    sumi=02n-1Xi=sumi=02n-1-1Xi+sumi=2n-12n-1Xi
    Concurrency within one summation!
    divide&conquer:
      if base_case then
        solve_problem
      else 
        partition problem into L and R
        solve subproblem L with d&c
        solve subproblem R with d&c
        combine solutions of L and R
    
(See Foster, Figures 2.7 and 2.8)
Author: Wolfgang Schreiner
Last modification: November 15, 1996